The Lee County incinerator burns in excess of 600 tons of garbage annually. Some 30% of that, or roughly 200 tons, is trucked to an ash landfill in Hendry County. The county euphemistically refers to ...
With residents producing about 1.5 million tons of waste every year, the Md. county says it needs its incinerator until, likely, 2031, while it develops more environmentally friendly solutions.