Extra Waste from Sandy Fills Coffers in New Jersey Town

wasterecyclingnews.com - May 17, 2013

By having the Ocean County Landfill within its limits, Manchester Township, N.J., is cashing in on Hurricane Sandy.

After receiving less than $900,000 in landfill fees in all of 2012, the township has already received more than $1.8 million in 2013 thanks to a "dramatic increase" in waste in the aftermath of Sandy, according to a report from The Asbury Park Press. The township receives $4.50 of the $81 tipping fee for every ton landfilled at the 600-acre facility, which is operated by the county and owned by the Ocean County Landfill Corp.

"It's not something that we are celebrating," Mayor Michael Fressola told the newspaper. "My heart still goes out to those who lost everything during the storm. We all hope that we never see a storm like that again."

According to county records, a typical month would see 36,000 tons of waste landfilled at the site. In the months after Sandy, the landfill took in 180,000 tons – five times the average.

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