In 2021 Vernon County Solid Waste and Recycling received a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Recycling Award for Overall Program. Pictured with the certificate are (from left) Nate Klinge, Mike Paulsrud, Stacie Sanborn, Dan Martin and Brian Schott.
VIROQUA, Wis. – The Vernon County Board of Supervisors has a difficult decision it needs to make in the next couple of months, whether to close its county run landfill and recycling center or expand it so the county has someplace local to take it’s waste for the next 15 years.
Vernon County operates a 9.5 acre sanitary landfill that sits on about 240 acres a few miles northeast of the city of Viroqua, just off County Road LF in the Viroqua township. The landfill was built in the early 1990’s at the request of local municipalities after the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources mandated the closure of the smaller unlined “dumps.” The idea was to consolidate disposal efforts across the county and help shelter Vernon County from the liability their waste.
The facility also takes construction and demolition waste and provides a recycling programs for cardboard, paper, plastics, glass, tin, and aluminum at no charge. They also recycles appliances, e-waste, tires, light bulbs, batteries, automotive fluids, and mattresses.
The landfill was originally designed and permitted in early 1992 with three
horizontal phases consisting of a design capacity of 315,000 cubic years. When the original cells were filled a vertical expansion was approved in 2005, which included three additional vertical sequences and added 275,000 cubic yards airspace. Now those cells are nearly full and Vernon County Solid Waste Administrator Stacie Sandborn has been planning for an expansion
May 10, 2022
Discussion on supplemental letter of agreement for feasibility study from S.E.H. – possible action item Feasibility study was originally approved at $400,000 in 2020. Expenses are turning out to be more.
Motion was made by Kyle Semke to approve an additional $84,000 for the feasibility study, seconded by
Paul Wilson. All in favor. Motion carried for the Infrastructure Committee. This will now need to be
presented to the Finance Committee for approval
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