Jon Swan

Dearest Members of the House E&A Committee: I write in SUPPORT of HB1138. This bill is a no-brainer, and I look forward to the testimony from the usual, small cast of characters arguing as to why they are opposed to limiting the amount of out-of-state trash trucked into New Hampshire landfills. I'll be eating popcorn at home. According to the 2023-2024 Biennial Waste Report, released in October, "NHDES estimates that New Hampshire’s disposal capacity may fall short of projected disposal need starting in 2035, assuming that the TLR-III (Turnkey) facility reaches the end of its currently permitted capacity and that no additional disposal capacity is permitted by that time." Well, we already know Waste management intends to expand, and has even more capacity beyond 2055, and the AVRRDD Mt. Carberry Phase III-A expansion is permitted through 2041, with Phase III-B expansion plans through 2049 in the ready. We have plenty of capacity in existing New Hampshire landfills, especially for New Hampshire-generated waste. Let our neighbors take care of their own trash. By placing hard, enforceable limits on the amount of out-of-state waste, coupled with common-sense waste reduction goals, our beautiful state should never need another landfill. We also need to take the cash out of trash, treating waste disposal as a public utility, with shared serves between communities for the hauling of waste from local transfer stations to the existing landfill facility utilized by those communities. Thank you so much for your ongoing efforts to protect and preserve the environment and natural resources of our great state, so critical to our tourism and outdoor recreation industries. Thank you, again! Jon Swan Dalton, NH