Go to the Forums or Chat . By Jason B. Smith Columbia County Bureau Columbia County might get out of the trash business by selling the Baker Place Road landfill to a group of private investors.
Garbage trucks dump their trash at the Columbia County landfill.
The county might sell to Environmental Control Systems, a company that uses air and water to increase bacteria and accelerate the decay of solid waste. Both parties have agreed that no county employees would lose their jobs if the deal took place. The group of investors are mostly stockholders in an Aiken company, Environmental Control Systems, that has been using 4 acres of the landfill as a proving ground for biodegradation, a process that involves the use of air and water to accelerate the decay of garbage. Mr. Leiper said. Cal Kammeyer, one of the investors, said the Columbia County landfill would be the first purchased by the group.