Town switched to another landfill and trash hauler

LITTLETON — After three decades, the town switched to another landfill and trash hauler. The change follows concerns about a gap between when the Casella Waste Systems’ NCES landfill in Bethlehem closes after 2026 and when or if the company’s next proposed commercial landfill in nearby Dalton — which to date has no approved permits, has not begun construction, and faces stiff opposition — will open. During Monday’s Select Board meeting, at the recommendation of Littleton Transfer Station manager Steve Bean, the board voted 3-0 to end its contract with Casella and to enter into a solid waste disposal contract, effective Nov. 1, with the municipally owned Mt. Carberry landfill near Berlin. They also voted 3-0 to enlist Northumberland-based Normandeau Trucking as the hauler. The five-year contract with Normandeau comes with a 90-day opt-out clause.