Lane County says it has lost more than $5 million in fees from waste hauler Sanipac exporting waste to its parent company’s southern Oregon landfill. That’s left the county short on the funds it needs to operate its 15 transfer stations.
Haulers normally pay fees when they drop off waste at the Short Mountain Landfill just south of Eugene. County staff believe Sanipac has been hauling trash from Springfield and potentially some other small communities to a landfill outside Medford instead.
County Administrator Steve Mokrohisky told commissioners Tuesday that if the county doesn’t find a way to preserve transfer stations, they’ll see an increase in illegal dumping, and more hazardous chemicals could end up in local water systems…