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Linn County Solid Waste Agency to vote on landfill resolution

KCRG · last updated

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) — The Linn County Solid Waste Agency will vote on a resolution that would allow the landfill to refuse commercial loads, including ones from data centers.

The move comes as the city reports Google and QTS data center construction has resulted in over 40 million pounds of trash being thrown in the landfill.

The proposed resolution would have commercial construction sites, including data centers, to sort their waste before bringing it to the landfill.

Cardboard, which was banned from the landfill in 1999, has been appearing again lately.

A spokesperson told TV9 the resolution hasn’t been written as of yet. The resolution will be voted on at the board’s next meeting on September 15.

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