Article: Hampden landfill could close months earlier than expected

HAMPDEN - The Pine Tree Landfill must stop accepting waste by the end of December 2009, but if trash continues to cross through the facility's gates at the current rate, it could close several months earlier.

While Don Meagher, manager of planning and development for Casella Waste Systems Inc., said the company would have an estimated closure date determined by September, Hampden Town Manager Susan Lessard said that based on her rough calculations of fill rate, the landfill could close between June and September 2009.

"We are pretty confident we will not go all the way to December '09," Meagher said. "We could fill it at whatever rate we decide. It's just when it's done, that's the last ...

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