Landfill to gradually stop taking out-of-state trash trains

ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — A landfill near Ashland has announced that it will gradually stop accepting train deliveries of out-of-state trash by the end of next year.

Local media outlets report the amount of rail delivered waste to the Big Run landfill will drop 30 percent by the end of this year and terminate by the end of 2016, which will cut the dump’s total intake by 75 percent.

Parent company EnviroSolutions CEO Dean Kattler also says that rail deliveries containing sewage sludge will end within three weeks. The landfill will continue to accept sludge from local municipalities, including Ashland and Huntington.

The announcement comes as the company and local and state officials face lawsuits from citizens and as the landfill seeks a permit renewal from state environmental regulators amid ongoing odor fines.

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