What to Do About Nashville’s Growing Trash Problem

With various Tennessee communities facing the prospect of full landfills within the next decade, some state lawmakers are considering changes to solid waste laws in an effort to identify a path forward.

A proposed expansion of the Middle Point Landfill in Murfreesboro is tied up in court for now. The facility accepts waste from about a third of the state, including Nashville, and ownership has said the landfill will have to close within a few years if it cannot expand.

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