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City to end hazardous waste collection

Justin Addison, Editor/Publisher
Posted 4/28/21

The City of Fayette will end its hazardous waste collection program. Previously the city received grant money to cover the costs. But the grant is no longer in effect and the cost to the city is …

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City to end hazardous waste collection

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The City of Fayette will end its hazardous waste collection program. Previously the city received grant money to cover the costs. But the grant is no longer in effect and the cost to the city is around $10,000 a year.

The grant was through Mid-Missouri Waste Management, which has since ceased taking the hazardous waste. The city now uses a different company, but can no longer shoulder the expense. Currently the city holds about $5,000 worth of waste that still needs to be hauled away.

Fayette’s collection was open to all residents of Fayette and Howard County. Requests to other cities in the county to chip in on the expense were denied. The city then mulled the idea of accepting waste only from Fayette residents. But the change is not something the city could enforce in an efficient manner.

“It’s just costing more and more and it’s getting harder for them to come and pick it up,” explained Danny Dougherty, the city’s Director of Public Works. “Howard County doesn’t want to help, and none of the other cities want to help, so we’re kind of stuck with the burden of doing all that.”

The council gave unanimous approval to end the program. Collection could resume in the future if another grant is procured.

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