solid waste

What happens when Coffin Butte gets full?

Written June 10th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

Benton County officials will soon have to decide whether to allow the Coffin Butte landfill to expand. We all should think about the implications of that issue every time we throw something in the trash.

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Tags: Benton County, Coffin Butte, dump, landfill, Republic Services, solid waste, trash disposal

Republic drops landfill appeal, will try again

Written March 15th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

The conflict over a proposed expansion of the Coffin Butte landfill in north Benton County has entered a new and unexpected stage.

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Tags: Benton County, Coffin Butte expansion, Coffin Butte landfill, regional landfill, solid waste

Landfill hearing goes on for four hours

Written November 3rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

The proposed expansion of the Coffin Butte Landfill occupied the Benton County Planning Commission for four hours on Tuesday night. It was a public hearing, but the public didn’t get to speak till a quarter to 10.

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Tags: Benton County, Benton planning commission, Coffin Butte, Highway 99W, Republic Services, solid waste, Tampico Road

Coffin Butte expansion: Our trash problem

Written October 20th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

We throw away too much stuff. That’s because we buy way too much stuff we can’t or won’t reuse. And that is pretty much the story of the Coffin Butte Landfill, which now hopes to win Benton County’s approval for an expansion that would result in a tower of trash even higher than what we […]

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Tags: Coffin Butte landfill, landfills, Republic Services, solid waste, trash