MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WZTV) — Murfreesboro is working toward a new option for handling some household trash, with the goal of recycling or converting much of that waste into a renewable resource instead of burying it in a landfill.
Vice Mayor Shawn Wright told FOX 17 News the city has signed a letter of intent with WastAway, a trash-processing company in Morrison, Tennessee. Wright said the goal is to keep 85% of the material sent to the company out of landfills.
“Eighty-five percent of what we’re sending there will either be recycled or turned into a renewable resource,” Wright said…