{"id":462992,"date":"2026-02-11T22:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/462992\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:24:15","slug":"solid-waste-authority-addresses-residents-concerns-over-proposed-landfill-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/462992\/","title":{"rendered":"Solid Waste Authority addresses residents&#8217; concerns over proposed landfill expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE)  \u2014 A proposed landfill expansion in Horry County has sparked controversy and environmental concerns among residents. <\/p>\n<p>The Horry County Solid Waste Authority plans to expand its landfill by more than 400 acres around Sterritt Swamp, filling in over 100 acres of wetlands. <\/p>\n<p>Residents fear the expansion could lead to pollutants in nearby water sources and increased flooding. <\/p>\n<p>Amelia Wood, a local resident, expressed her concerns, stating, &#8220;South Carolina laws are so minimal that they can be do something that&#8217;s lawful, but it&#8217;s still awful.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/local\/expansion-raises-wetland-concerns-horry-county-solid-waste-authority-highway-90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Horry Co. landfill expansion proposal raises wetland concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;Sterritt Swamp is not just a swamp, it&#8217;s a tributary of the river.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Board member Bo Ives acknowledged the sensitivity of the site and said the board has made plans to address potential issues. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve removed everything humanly possible,&#8221; Ives said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We put in engineered structures that work as detention structures to hold any kind of runoff so that evaporates and doesn&#8217;t get into our system beyond this site.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The board estimates the current landfill will reach capacity in about 15 years. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/local\/horry-co-sheriff-pushes-for-new-jail-funding-options-resting-j-reuben-long-detention-center-community-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Horry Co. Sheriff pushes for new jail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ives explained, &#8220;We&#8217;re exploring all alternatives we can do on this site. Unfortunately, the only sites that are available do have environmental consequences.&#8221; He added, &#8220;We decided to do a Hail Mary pass and just say Army Corps, we\u2019re running out of sites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the expansion project remains undetermined until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decides on the permit. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>A public meeting is scheduled for Feb. 23, offering tours and information from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Solid Waste Authority along Highway 90.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) \u2014 A proposed landfill expansion in Horry County has sparked controversy and environmental concerns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-462992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}