As Middle Tennessee continues to grow, so does a pressing problem that’s quickly becoming a statewide crisis: landfills are reaching capacity.
With the Middle Tennessee landfill in Rutherford County nearly full, and more than 11,000 new homes planned for the area, lawmakers are pushing for urgent reforms to Tennessee’s waste management system.
Two state senators, Heidi Campbell and Mark Pody, are leading the conversation with vastly different strategies but a shared goal: to reduce the waste piling up across Tennessee and avoid a future where the state must ship trash to neighboring states…