Most people understand that trash needs to go somewhere, but a rapidly growing North Texas faces increasing challenges on where to put the waste that comes from more residents, businesses and construction.
This is part of the Report’s special 1 Million & Counting growth series, which will be published on Mondays into October. The reporting will lead to a growth summit Oct. 23 at the downtown Tarrant County College Trinity River Campus.
Take a recent plan to build a landfill in Lake Worth to process Tarrant County-area waste from construction and demolition projects, much of that stemming from booming growth. Residents near the Silver Creek neighborhood and elected officials opposed the project, saying they worried how local water sources, such as the nearby lake, would be impacted by runoff from the trash…