Fires at the landfill are a cause for concern
Kristen Jones
Farmer Staff Writer
Many would be shocked to learn that there was a fire burning within McKenzie County, unable to be extinguished despite the best efforts of firemen, for over a week the first week of March. This event happened at the McKenzie County Landfill, and was one of the reasons Rick Schreiber, the director of the landfill, went before the Board of County Commissioners.
“We are a household waste facility. That means that, if it comes from a county residence, we can take it. Obviously there are some exceptions, but that is the general rule,” explained Schreiber.
“We can take ten percent ‘other,’ which covers things not produced by a household, but, for example, that other stuff cannot be radioactive, it can’t be industrial waste, it can’t be special waste because here in the state of North Dakota each one of those is a separate division i.e. hazardous, industrial, and special permitted waste. There’s facilities here in the state that take those materials and basically, it can’t be here at the end of the day,” he explained.
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