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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1978
Page
7
The Texas solid waste program outlines a shift from open dumps to regulated sanitary landfills. Since 1975, permits, site analyses, and enforcement have boosted compliance, though a few small city and county sites lag. The 1969 Texas act and 1965 federal act underlie these efforts to protect health and property.
The Port Isabel-South Padre Press notes landfills facing public opposition but now framed as temporary sites ending in parks. Texas reports 1,169 municipal facilities and a shift toward compliant operation, waste-to-energy, and material recovery as permits backlogs are cleared and regulations updated in 1974.
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