Dive summary:

• Saratoga County, N.Y. wants to find a bidder for its $10 million investment in a landfill.
• The landfill was built in 2001 but never opened; the county has received bids from $9.6 million to $39 million but has yet to decide on a bidder.
• The highest bid was from Fitch Paper of Glens Falls, which operates a paper sludge landfill close to the landfill and could use the space to extend their operations.

From the article:

The county has received bids ranging from $9.6 million to $39 million for the site constructed in Northumberland in 2001 but never opened. The county, at that time, decided operating expenses would have been more than revenue received at the site, the Times Union newspaper reports.

The high bid comes from Fitch Paper of Glens Falls, which operates a paper sludge landfill adjacent to the unused county disposal site. Winning the bid would allow the paper company to extend landfill operations, the newspaper said. ...