Kentucky Company Seeks Permission to Ship Nashville Sludge

Date: March 16, 2005

Source: News Room

Kentucky-based BioReclamation has applied to Kentucky regulators for permission to ship some of Nashville's 500 tons of daily sludge to a 300-acre site in Hopkins County. Currently, the sludge is hauled by BFI to five landfills. Until last month, most of the sludge had gone to BFI's landfill in Rutherford County, Tenn., but following complaints about odor, BFI agreed to ship the sludge elsewhere.

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