Murfreesboro eyes recycling program amid landfill fight

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…

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