Two appeals have been filed regarding Plainfield Township supervisors’ decision to rezone land to make way for a new landfill.

On Aug. 27, supervisors voted to rezone land from an agricultural zone to a solid waste processing and disposal zone .

Opponents of that decision have now filed appeals with the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas and with the Plainfield Township Zoning Hearing Board.

The request to rezone 211 acres of land came from WM, formerly Waste Management, which operates the Grand Central Landfill in the township.

WM representatives have said the current landfill has about four more years of operating capacity. The newly rezoned land across Pen Argyl Road from the existing landfill will allow for 20 more years of trash disposal operations, according to the co

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