Grant County Commissioners are considering a proposal to reduce hours at the Mattawa garbage facility and may close it permanently. The Mattawa facility is the last county-operated facility outside the Ephrata landfill (pictured).
January 3, 2023
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January 3, 2023 5:31 p.m.
Hours may shorten at Mattawa garbage facility
'We're down to one customer a day, and we can't support that.'
MATTAWA — Declining use of a Grant County-owned garbage collection facility near Mattawa, also called a drop box, may lead to reduced winter hours for the facility. Grant County Public Works Director Sam Castro said he has submitted a request to the Grant County Commissioners to open the facility only on Saturdays for now. “We’re down to one customer a day, and we can’t support that,” Castro said...