Durham’s landfill is closed — so where does our trash go?
Durham’s landfill has been closed since 1994 and all of our trash is trucked ONE HUNDRED miles away to a landfill in Sampson County. That’s a 200 mile round trip for an average of TEN semi-tractor trailers EVERY DAY!
Those trucks get an average of 6 miles per gallon — so 10 trucks per day burns 250 gallons of diesel fuel. So, in one week it’s 1,500 gallons and in one YEAR it’s 78,000 gallons! WOW!
Now, that’s a LOT of pollution and a lot of money spent on fuel.