The issue focused on two businesses based in the Seattle suburb of Vancouver that sent waste and recycling to a private landfill that the city believed was not up to standards for safe disposal. The Public Works department said it has identified two major problems with the program and it will soon close the project and redesign the facility in a way that makes the operation safe to use.


The city has been working to set up a recycling program in the northwest part of the city for years and it has been getting a solid start with