North Carolina’s largest landfill intends to take steps to prevent contamination of nearby communities and stem greenhouse gas pollution, the result of an agreement with a Sampson County environmental group.
Under a proposed agreement with the Environmental Justice Community Action Network, GFL will install treatment systems to significantly reduce forever chemicals leaking from its Sampson County Landfill in Roseboro, N.C., into groundwater and surface water. The company also agreed to use drone technology to sense methane emissions from the facility and work with a third-party consultant to develop an air monitoring network around the facility.
GFL also agreed to make air monitoring results available on a public website. That site will include a feature allowing members of the nearby Snow Hill Community to submit complaints about odors and other impacts from the landfill.
“This at least allows the residents to know more about what’s going on at the landfill. At least there will be some transparency,” Sherri White-Williamson, EJCAN’s executive director, told The News & Observer.