S.D. landfill may take medical waste

PIERRE, 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.