No more Landfill?

From what I hear the Landfill will be closed to Bethlehem Town residents as of May 1, 2009 and will be filled(because it didn't get its berm permit from DES) and closed completely on September 1. Bethlehem is supposed to have a recycling center and transfer station off of Rte 116 ready to go by the beginning of June. In the meantime residents will take their Bethlehem bags ( @ $2.00 a bag) to the Road Department and put in a large dumpster which will be transfered to some other town. I have heard the one abuter of the planned recycling center is not a bit pleased. Is all my info correct?

So Bethlehem will be losing the taxes from the landfill and what will the new trash system cost?Will the town be better off? Will the air be purer and the water cleaner?

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Update: 4/3
AllBusiness.com reported on Jan 9th, "DES denies Bethlehem landfill permit". The article states that: 'The landfill's general manager, Kevin Roy, told the Concord Monitor that the company will likely resubmit an application for expansion. The landfill, with a capacity of 4.5 million cubic yards of waste, is set to close in 2009. The expansion would have allowed it to take in almost 25 percent more and remain open another 10 years.'