Dive Summary:

• Saratoga County voted to sell the landfill to Finch Paper Co. for $4 million initially, $2 million if the landfill is expanded, in addition to a $100,000 yearly fee over the next 20-40 years and a proposed $1.7 million profit-sharing agreement.
• Finch Paper Co. owns an industrial paper landfill only 100 feet away from the other property and is looking to combine the two yards to create a larger facility.
• The Saratoga County landfill sits on 130 acres and has seen no activity for ten years.

From the article:

"In its proposal, Finch would apply to link the two landfills, filling the roughly 6-1/2 acres between them and expanding the overall capacity of the new, larger landfill to 275,000 tons of waste per year."

"In the contract terms, Finch would be required to take 51 percent of its waste from Saratoga and the surrounding eight counties."

"Arnold said the combined nine counties produce about 2 million tons of garbage a year but only have the capacity to handle about a third of that."