Dive summary:

• It took an entire year but Casella Waste Systems Inc. has finally obtained a permit to increase the annual solid waste permit limit from 300,000 to 405,000 tons at the Southbridge landfill in Massachusetts.
• The increase is estimated to add more than $4 million a year in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
• Along with the ton increase, Casella plans to build a gas-to-energy facility and an access road to the nearby industrial development park.

From the article:

"We have worked closely with the town of Southbridge to realize a shared vision of developing an environmental asset that creates substantial value for the community and our stakeholders," CEO John W. Casella said in a statement. "This permit, along with the construction of a gas-to-energy facility and an access road to the nearby industrial development park, has created an infrastructure to attract development and jobs to the local  economy." ...