One of Louisiana’s largest waste management companies is planning a major expansion of its landfill in Waggaman, a project that would see it incorporate a former dump next door if approved by state regulators.
The plan would make the River Birch landfill the state’s biggest by far while granting it a permit to accept trash from anywhere nationwide — but company officials stress that will only be employed for specialized refuse required for its growing renewable energy efforts. Accepting common municipal trash from outside Louisiana “is not even a consideration” and “just completely off the table,” said company spokesman William Kearney.
The expansive site is currently a municipal and industrial landfill serving 13 parishes in metro New Orleans and the Bayou parishes. It sits alongside two other separate landfills, not including the now-closed one where River Birch is hoping to expand…