Tag Archives: Garbage

Fentress County encouraging residents to bring roadside garbage to convenience centers for its Every Day Is Earth Day event this week. Fentress County Newcomers Secretary Susan Withstandley said roadside trash is typically the first complaint she hears from people who move into Fentress County. The Newcomers Group, Fentress County Solid Waste, and The Big South Fork Back Country Horsemen are ... Read More »

Fentress County is looking to resolve a solid waste disagreement with Jamestown. County Executive Jimmy Johnson said a referendum has been in place where the county handles parts of solid waste services for the city. However, Johnson said that Jamestown wants to pull its funds out of the agreement for other uses. “I don’t believe that could hardly work according ... Read More »

Jackson County accepted a new solid waste contract Monday night after its agreement with the Moss landfill expired. Mayor Randy Heady said costs were going up $12 a ton and other offers were one-year contracts at over $40 dollars a ton. Heady said Smith County reached out and offered a five-year contract at $37 a ton. “We believe that this ... Read More »

The Van Buren County Budget Committee approved a five cents per pound charge on commercial haulers to take waste into the county. The Wednesday action, according to Mayor Greg Wilson would help generate $75,000. “We have one of our haulers that is taking on some over in Bledsoe County and it’s going to come to us,” Wilson said. “That’s our problem, ... Read More »

Van Buren’s Sparkmantown garbage container will be removed due to illegal dumping. Mayor Greg Wilson said tires and glass were being disposed at the location. Wilson said shattered glass from the illegal dumping created risks for the playground near by. “I think what was happening was when glass was being thrown around there and busted,” Wilson said. “It was just ... Read More »