Fairfax County Looking for Waste Options, Renegotiating with Covanta

Fairfax County dumps about 1 million tons of municipal waste in Lorton annually.

For the past 21 years, Fairfax County has dumped its municipal waste at Lorton's Covanta I/95 Energy/Resource Recovery Facility. The county, which owns the 23-acre plant, is currently laying the groundwork to negotiate a deal when its 25-year lease agreement comes to an end in February 2016.  "The plant has operated very well over the years, and they continue to meet their environmental permit requirements," Joyce Doughty, director of the county's Division of Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery, told Patch. "They've lived up to their agreement, and we have been satisfied with their performance." Mike Berlin is the business manager of Lorton's Covanta Energy-From-Waste plant. "We hope to restart negotiations with the county close to …

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