Environment
Board denies landfill expansion plans in northwest Davidson County
Nashville’s Solid Waste Board has denied plans for the expansion of a controversial landfill that has, for decades, been the source of anger and frustration in Bordeaux, the largely African-American suburb northwest of downtown. The decision at the end of the four-hour meeting on Wednesday is not likely, however, to be the last say on […]
Elected officials add voices to debate over Nashville landfill in Black neighborhood
A public oversight board will meet Wednesday to weigh the future of a landfill in northwest Nashville that takes in 90 percent of all construction waste generated in the city but will reach capacity within the next three years. For decades, the Southern Services landfill has been the final destination for debris from commercial and […]