With the legislative session well under way, New Hampshire lawmakers haven’t tired of putting forward new proposals for how landfills should be sited and regulated — but finding one a majority can accept has proven difficult. Tension over the state’s waste has come to a head in recent years, with private waste disposal companies pushing […]

The owner and operator of a landfill in Bethlehem will pay $1.9 million in penalties to the state for multiple alleged violations. The fine is the largest civil penalty ever assessed for a violation of the state’s Solid Waste Management Act, said Attorney General John Formella in a press release Monday. The release announced the […]

On its first day back in session, the New Hampshire Senate considered multiple bills held over from last session on waste regulation, continuing a long-running discussion on the topic and upholding the trend of Senate and House divergence on the matter. On Wednesday, senators passed an amended version of House Bill 707, legislation retained from […]