Nov 17, 2008 - 04:05:19 CST
S.D. landfill may take medical wastePIERRE, S.D. (AP) - City officials in Pierre are considering a proposal to accept treated medical waste from a hospital in Linton, N.D.
City Solid Waste Manager Val Keller says there would be one load every week or two, or an estimated 300 tons a year.
The medical waste would be rendered noninfectious before arriving at the landfill, and it would be deposited in an area separate from other garbage.
The usual fee of $40 a ton for garbage would be doubled for the medical waste, which would generate about $25,000 in annual revenues.
City commissioners took no immediate action on the proposal.
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