Dive summary:

• Powell, Wyoming is using one problem to solve another: after the local landfill stopped taking household trash last September, the city decided to use a closed public pool as the new city landfill.
• The pool closed in 2010 and has been a problem for the city ever since; the pool has a new liner, which makes it ideal, especially since the landfill the city has been sending its trash to since September doesn’t have proper liner.
• Given the efficiency of the new plan, it's possible the new waste system could be free for customers.

From the article:

The Powell Aquatic Center has run deficits since opening in 2010 and has been a challenge for the city’s budget. In addition, Powell leaders had been criticized by Park County commissioners for taking the city’s trash outside the county — to an unlined landfill in Cowley.

Now, the city’s trash will stay in Park County, and as Valleyman noted, the pool has a brand new liner. The move was welcomed by Park County commissioners, who indicated Monday they would like to see the former Aquatic Center become the regional hub for all the county’s trash. According to numbers crunched by Home, Plow and Co., a Cody engineering firm, it’s possible that trash disposal could become free given how efficient the new set-up promises to be. ...