DANE COUNTY, WISC. (excerpts from landfill.countyofdane.com) – With less than 5 years of landfill space remaining at Dane County’s Rodefeld Landfill, the county has an opportunity to create an innovative plan for its future waste stream.
A vision has been developed for this site on the East Side of Madison that includes development of a sustainable business park or “Sustainability Campus” to divert waste and create local circular economies.
This will be accomplished by attracting reuse, repair, and recycling businesses; new waste management technologies; and research.
Comprehensive planning efforts for the Sustainability Campus began in the summer of 2023. Local teams from SCS Engineers and Vandewalle & Associates were selected as consultants to lead this process, and to help plan and host community workshops that will provide the opportunity for public engagement and input into the master planning process. The teams will also start to engage with businesses to find potential waste diversion business partners for the Campus.
The firms will summarize their findings in a comprehensive plan that provides a robust development framework for the Sustainability Campus.
See more details and components of the developing vision and plan here.