Why don't we have a landfill in Henry Co?

[emptyMAGS]

Drive up I675 and you will see why nobody wants a landfill within 20 miles of them. That absurd 200' tall mountain of crap at I675&I285 is an abomination. They should have stopped filling it a decade ago.

 

[Kahrnut]

Paulding's landfill shut down years ago. They switched to a transfer station.

 

[Torn]

All of Clayton and South Fulton county should be declared a landfill.

 

[Corelokt]

Burke county Georgia, the 2nd largest county in Ga doesn't even have trash service. You must haul household trash to dumpster sites throughout the county.
Throw a 2x4 in there and the sheriff's dept will come in like you're selling crack to elementary school children and write you a $600 ticket.
Columbia County Ga, the fastest growing county in Ga, only has a construction / demolition landfill, all other trash is transferred to Augusta/ Richmond county..
Doesn't make sense

 

[Red Dawn]

I would call Spaulding Co and see if you can use theirs. I'm glad there's no landfill in HC anymore. The smell on 675 @ 285 is not worth it.

 

[Radar363]

All of Clayton and South Fulton county should be declared a landfill.

I live in one of those & grew up in the other. ..they weren't always this bad. They really should just combine the two and rename it South Atlanta.

 

[Kman]

I've been hauling stuff to Clayton Co for years but they've shut it down to out of county residents. So can anyone tell me why one of the largest counties in the state does not have a landfill? Who do you get a hold of to get one established? County commissioners? I've got lots of stuff I'm going to be hauling off but not all at one time. So a roll off dumpster won't do me any good.

You do have landfills all around. Waste from transformers, Fort Gillem, Atlanta airport, general development and manufacturing around Atlanta over the years is buried throughout most metro Atlanta counties. You just need to dig to find them. Hell, you might not have to drive anywhere, you could be living on one right now! How's that for convenience!

 

[Torn]

I live in one of those & grew up in the other. ..they weren't always this bad. They really should just combine the two and rename it South Atlanta.

Had friends that grew up in Riverdale and Morrow during the 60's and 70's when they were a very nice communities. Dindu invasion ruins everything.

 

[Bottoms polaris]

Be thankful. Here in Polk county our county commissioners sold the rights to our landfill for 1 million dollars per year. Now we have trash coming from all over Metro Atlanta. We call it Mount trashmore. On a good ( or bad) day you can smell it for about a 10 mile radius.

 

[HERMET]

Henry's a lost cause and beyond saving anyhow.