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Hazardous Waste at Gardner MA Landfill Increasing Cost of Disposal Ten-Fold
At a meeting of the Gardner Public Safety Committee on Friday December 16, 2022, Public Health Director Lauren Saunders informed the Committee that the Gardner Landfill will not be accepting waste oil for the time being. Apparently someone put an extremely hazardous liquid in the waste oil drum. Cost to the City will be over $6,000 for the drum instead of the usual $620, 10 times the usual cost. Saunders also spoke about the City’s Drug Prevention efforts, the textile and mattress situation, the efforts to wrap up licensing – 126 permits complete, 34 to go and the Covid resources being made available to Gardner including a mobile clinic.
Gardner Police Chief Eric McAvene reported on various matters including drunk driving enforcement, crosswalk enforcement, distracted driving offenses, the domestic violence advocate, and a possible mental health clinician in the offing to respond with officers to certain calls.
Gardner Fire Chief Gregory Lagoy spoke of the 3 new firefighters that started in October and the filling of other vacancies in the Department. He also spoke about Fire Headquarters, various equipment, and other challenges.
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