On Tuesday night the Horry County Council voted on an issue that had quite a few people fired up. That issue dealt with trash and where that trash which is generated in the county can be dumped.
Council members listened to opinions and concerns from the public, private trash hauling business owners and employees of the solid waste authority.
After a two and a half hour long debate, the council passed a second reading that will require all of the county's trash to be dumped at the county-run landfill facility on S.C. 90.
During the meeting, News 13 spoke with a few residents that support privately owned trash pick up businesses and live along highway 90. They said that they are unhappy about the traffic chaos that the county owned trash dumpsters create near their homes because of that land-fill.
“It creates more trucks more trash and more accidents on our very crowded dangerous highways that we have now,” said Frank Parker who lives in Conway near S.C 90. “I saw a trash truck in my left rear view mirror when I was trying to make a left hand turn and it started sliding and with its tires smoking it slid to a stop before hit me.”
Mike Bessant the manager of Solid Waste Authority said that he’s glad the second reading of the ordinance passed Tuesday night. He added that the waste authority uses its tipping fees to help fund the county’s recycling, 911 and education programs.
John Abercrombie an independent hauler and general manager of Sandlands C&D Landfill said he is disappointed in the county’s decision. He said he was hoping they would not pass the second reading because in the end this will hurt his business and others like it.
"I think it's going to have a detrimental effect on everybody in the county, builders, and contractors specially owned construction demolition sites, but most assuredly it'll really change the way business is done in this county,” said Abercrombie.
The third reading of the ordinance Bessant said will be held in two weeks.
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