Augusta officials move closer toward $18.2 million expansion of Hatch Hill landfill to extend capacity another 14 years

KENNEBEC JOURNAL • May 24, 2024

With the Hatch Hill landfill expected to be full within four years, the city has submitted an application to build an $18.2 million vertical expansion. At current usage rates, that would give the city-owned landfill another 14 years of use. But city officials may seek to extend that lifespan even further to ensure residents have a place to take their trash, on the relative cheap. Doing so could mean the eight surrounding communities that also can send their trash to Hatch Hill would have to find somewhere else to take their trash.