The town and the county do share some services, such as schools and the county landfill.

Only 10 or 12 of the state's 102 community and county landfills meet the new requirements of the Federal law and the rest will close by the end of 1993, according to state officials.

Disposal Problems Contractors refuse to demolish the structure since workers would need to take special precautions, and the hazardous materials cannot be disposed of in the county landfill.

He gets off the property and we have another Rubel on our hands, you and I are gonna be on duty at the county landfill.

In one instance, county planners rejected a proposal to build a 795-unit apartment complex sandwiched between a fireworks factory and a county landfill in Yaphank.

The hospital, which also recycles about 403 tons of plastic, paper, glass and even grease from the kitchen, has saved about $33,000 by not hauling all that stuff to the county landfill.

Why should government operate county landfills?

The Salt Lake City police found the remains of Lori Hacking in a county landfill after weeks of searching through tons of garbage.

The primary goal of the program is to keep county landfills free of the bulky objects that do get thrown out - and the hazardous materials they may contain.

Electric transmission towers pass through the site and a county landfill is located to the northeast.