After fielding numerous complaints about the smell stemming from the landfill on Old County Dump Road, Hall County has prohibited food waste from the site. A county review of the landfill — the Gainesville Waste and Recycling Landfill — showed that “food waste has been deemed to be the predominant source of odor from the site” and food waste is “strictly prohibited on this property” going forward. But food waste was never supposed to end up in the landfill.
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