Press

This landfill has been an ongoing issue for many years, even before expansion plans were underway.  Here are a collection of articles that have appeared in the press along the way.

  • Press Article

Coffin Butte Landfill won’t answer County’s questions | Exclusive

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Press Article

Therapy ranch feels effects of nearby Coffin Butte Landfill

KLCC
Macy Moore
  • Press Article

Breaking down the record-setting DEQ fine on Coffin Butte

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Cody Mann
  • Press Article

Benton County reacts to historic Coffin Butte fine; some are skeptical

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Cody Mann
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte Landfill owners fined $3M for air quality violations, biggest in Oregon DEQ history

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Cody Mann
  • Press Article

Here’s what people are saying about Coffin Butte rejection

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Cody Mann
  • Press Article

The Coffin Butte Landfill saga: a timeline of drama

Corvallis Gazette-times
Penny Rosenberg
  • Press Article

Benton County staff knew of pending Coffin Butte violations

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Cody Mann
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte Landfill should not expand, Benton County says

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • As I See It

Why the Coffin Butte decision deserves another look

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Marge Popp
  • Press Article

The landfill expansion will be appealed, tomorrow’s children need you to support that, here’s how and why

Corvallis Advocate
Steve Schultz
  • Letter to the Editor

Vote was irresponsible, gullible or worse

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Joel Geier
  • As I See It

An open letter to Benton County Commissioners

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Peg Herring
  • Letter to the Editor

Benton County Commissioners have failed us

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ken Pastega
  • As I See It

Benton County Commissioners have been duped

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Nancy Whitcombe
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte Landfill expansion appeal heads to Benton County Commissioners

KEZI News
Cameryn Salinas
  • Letter to the Editor

Willamette Grange opposed the landfill expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jay Sexton, president, Willamette Grange No. 52
  • Letter to the Editor

Republic is following Fox News playbook

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Joe Crockett
  • Letter to the Editor

Republic will lobby for rate increases

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Fairchild
  • Letter to the Editor

See how they’re running this PR campaign

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Nancy Whitcombe
  • Letter to the Editor

Making landfill larger ups the poisoning

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Debbie Palmer
  • As I See It

We have 15 years to find alternatives to expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Joel Geier
  • Letter to the Editor

Coffin Butte plan, it’s just not worth it

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Maia Fischler
  • Letter to the Editor

Landfill expansion just kicks the can down the road

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Lori Tully
  • Letter to the Editor

Republic Services’ tired talking points

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Nancy Whitcombe
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte Landfill exempts most of surface from methane monitoring

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Letter to the Editor

Beware the landfill’s astroturf campaign

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Debbie Palmer
  • As I See It

Why Republic Services is desperate to expand the landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Marge Popp
  • Press Article

County Trashes Landfill Expansion

The Corvallis Advocate
Mike Suarez, Hallie Greenberg and Steven J. Schultz
  • Press Article

Planners formally dump expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Tom Henderson
  • Press Article

An Oregon law tries to tackle garbage gases

High Country News
Jaclyn Moyer
  • Letter to the Editor

Commission denial must be strong, detailed

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Henkels
  • Letter to the Editor

More fireworks over Coffin Butte are likely

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ken Eklund
  • Press Article

Benton County planning officials reject proposed Coffin Butte landfill expansion

KLCC
Nathan Wilk
  • Press Article

Benton County Planning Commissioners reject Coffin Butte Landfill expansion and don’t mince words

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Tom Henderson
  • As I See It

Coffin Butte Landfill owners’ last-minute data dump

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Nancy Whitcombe
  • Press Article

Opinion: Coffin Butte Landfill is already a problem. It doesn’t need to get bigger

Columbia Insight
Eliza Murphy
  • Press Article

What happens when Coffin Butte gets full?

HH-Today
Hasso Hering
  • Press Article

Oregon lawmakers pass bill requiring Coffin Butte Landfill to invest in more emissions tech

OPB
April Ehrlich
  • Press Article

Where the garbage goes

High Country News
Jaclyn Moyer
  • Letter to the Editor

Waste trains an alternative to Coffin Butte

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Gregg Olson
  • As I See It

Silence isn’t apathy, it’s opposition

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Virginia Scott
  • Press Article

Public speaks out against landfill’s expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ella Hutcherson
  • Press Article

Overflow crowd urges Benton County to reject Coffin Butte Landfill expansion

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Press Article

Recap: First week of Coffin Butte Landfill hearing

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ella Hutcherson
  • Press Article

Benton County begins hearings on proposed expansion of Coffin Butte landfill

KLCC News
Nathan Wilk
  • Press Article

Benton County staff recommend denying Coffin Butte Landfill expansion

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Press Article

Residents deluge Benton County in Opposition to Expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ella Hutcherson
  • Press Article

Benton County staff recommend denial of Coffin Butte Landfill expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ella Hutcherson
  • As I See It

Game over for expansion? If only

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ken Eklund
  • As I See It

The not-so-free revenues from Coffin Butte

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Nancy Whitcombe
  • As I See It

This “limited” expansion is another ruse

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Marge Popp
  • Press Article

Landfill Expansion Editorial: Sometimes, NIMBY is the Right Answer

The Corvallis Advocate
Editor
  • Press Article

Oregon corporate landfills using loophole to avoid methane monitoring, study finds

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Press Article

Oregon legislation would require aerial, drone or satellite landfill monitoring

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Press Article

Marion County will not send their trash to Coffin Butte Landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Alex Powers
  • As I See It

Expanding Coffin Butte is wrong

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Henkels
  • As I See It

Coffin Butte and Perils of privatization

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Barry Reeves
  • Press Article

EPA warns of PFAS in Sewage Sludge Fertilizer

The New York Times
Hiroko Tabuchi
  • Press Article

Oregon regulators pause Coffin Butte Landfill air quality permit process

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Press Article

Waste Connections closes embattled Chiquita Canyon Landfill in California

Waste Dive
Cole Rosengren
  • Press Article

US Forest Service moss study links heavy metal pollution to Brooks incinerator

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • As I See It

Republic Services’ ‘expansion first’ policies at landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Camille Hall
  • As I See It

Coffin Butte Landfill, follow the money

Corvallis Gazette Times
Marge Popp
  • As I See It

Benton County government biased on landfill expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Yeager

Mark Yeager and Joel Geier interviewed on KMUZ Radio, Salem

interviewer: Tom Ellis, 350.org
  • Letter to the Editor

Landfill leachate ended up in water

Corvallis Gazette Times
Joanna Stockslager
  • Press Article

Pressure mounts on methane-polluting Oregon landfill to clean up its act

Canary Media
Isobel Whitcomb
  • Press Article

Oregon warns Coffin Butte Landfill over methane emissions

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Press Article

Residents, environmental groups oppose expansion of Coffin Butte Landfill

KEZI News
Julio Mora Rodriguez
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte Landfill proposed expansion raises environmental and health concerns

OPB
Stella Hold Dupey
  • Press Article

US landfills are major source of toxic PFAS pollution, study finds

The Guardian
Tom Perkins
  • Press Article

Republic Services Omits Key Info in Benton County Report

Corvallis Advocate
Steven J. Schultz
  • Press Article

Wyden, Merkley, Hoyle call for EPA investigation into Coffin Butte Landfill

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Press Article

Wyden, Merkley, Hoyle Urge EPA to Investigate Landfill Concerns in Benton County

Press Release
Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and US Representative Val Hoyle
  • As I See It

The gentlefolk of the landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Joel Geier
  • Press Article

Methane concerns omitted from report

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Alex Powers
  • Letter to the Editor

Two recent fires at landfill reported

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Henkels
  • Letter to the Editor

Help VNEQS fight landfill expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Debbie Palmer
  • Letter to the Editor

Landfill expansion would add pollution

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Hilary White
  • Press Article

Huge landfill in Oregon is spewing methane. Its owners want to expand.

Canary Media
Isobel Whitcomb
  • Press Article

Benton County residents report odor and fire risks at Coffin Butte landfill

KLCC News
Nathan Wilk
  • Letter to the Editor

Not listening, but rather propaganda

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Nancy Whitcombe
  • Press Article

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life

NPR
Michael Copley
  • Press Article

Oregon cites Republic Services’ Coffin Butte Landfill following worker complaints

Salem Statesman-Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Press Article

Quantifying methane emissions from United States landfills

Science Journal
Multiple authors
  • Press Article

‘Garbage Lasagna’: Dumps Are a Big Driver of Warming, Study Says

New York Times
Hiroko Tabuchi
  • Letter to the Editor

How much care do they take to diminish their waste?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Hilary White
  • As I See It

Coffin Butte Landfill – costs, risks, benefits

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Henkels
  • As I See It

What can we do as part of the waste solution?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Richard Woodcock
  • As I See It

Disempowering community input

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Marge Popp
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte mechanics still seeking adequate health care from Republic

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kosiso Ugwede
  • Press Article

Benton County government says new Coffin Butte Landfill application is imminent

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kosiso Ugwede
  • Press Article

Benton County government to develop a sustainable materials management plan

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kosiso Ugwede
  • Letter to the Editor

What are benefits, costs of the landfill?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Richard Woodcock
  • Press Article

Montana PBS Special Investigation: PFAS in biosolids, compost from landfill leachate (video)

Montana PBS
Anna Rao, Breanna McCabe, AJ Williams, Joe Lesar
  • Letter to the Editor

Coffin Butte dump needs to be closed

Corvallis Gazette-Times
George Shaw
  • As I See It

DSAC is an agent of change

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ken Eklund
  • Press Article

Benton County government suspends disposal site advisory committee

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kosiso Ugwede
  • Press Article

Disposal site advisory committee says county staff stonewalling them

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kosiso Ugwede
  • Press Article

EPA says methane gas levels at Coffin Butte landfill are concerning

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kosiso Ugwede
  • Press Article

Landfills in Washington and Oregon leaked ‘explosive’ levels of methane last year

Grist
Joseph Winters
  • Letter to the Editor

DSAC Chair asks why Benton County has fulfilled none of its requests for public records

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ken Eklund
  • Press Article

Exploding lithium batteries are causing fires in Oregon’s landfills

OPB
Joni Auden Land
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte Landfill methane leaks exceed state, federal limits

Salem Statesman Journal
Tracy Loew
  • Press Article

Nicotine, lithium and other hazardous waste from e-cigarettes going to landfills

Corvallis Gazette-Times – Associated Press
Matthew Perrone
  • Press Article

Union leaders, House Speaker show support for Coffin Butte mechanics at rally

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kosiso Ugwede
  • Press Article

Who repressed speech at Coffin Butte Landfill event?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kosiso Ugwede
  • As I See It

Benton County acts again to silence all landfill critics

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Yeager
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte mechanics protest alleged unfair labor practices

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kosiso Ugwede
  • As I See It

Do county officials have the courage to move in right direction?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Joel Geier
  • As I See It

We owe it to them to draw the line

Albany Democrat-Herald
Mark Henkels
  • As I See It

Draw the line now on Coffin Butte Landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Henkels
  • Letter to the Editor

Article expressed exact opposite of workgroup finding

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Marge Popp
  • Press Article

Environmental Groups Urge EPA Action on Methane Emissions From Landfills

Truthout
Julia Conley
  • Press Article

Benton hears trash report, recommendation for trash plan

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Alex Powers
  • Press Article

A bigger landfill is not the plan

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ken Eklund
  • As I See It

Alarmed by proposed expansion of landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Vicki Druliner
  • As I See It

Learning Plenty by Talking Trash

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Camille Hall
  • As I See It

Benton County Talks Trash — lessons learned

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Camille Hall
  • Letter to the Editor

County response to landfill petition: Misinformation or disinformation?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Marge Popp
  • Press Article

Methane big part of ‘alarming’ rise in planet-warming gases

Corvallis Gazette-Times – Associated Press
Isabella O’Malley
  • Letter to the Editor

We need a plan, not bigger landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Debbie Palmer
  • Press Article

Benton task force says Coffin Butte expansion should be tied to monitoring

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Alex Powers
  • Letter to the Editor

Dump’s toxic brew poisons the river

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Doug Pollock
  • Press Article

Benton County to advisers about landfill: ‘Stop advising us’

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Alex Powers
  • Press Article

Slow global warming by cutting methane emissions now

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Philip S. Wenz
  • Letter to the Editor

Why would officials expand landfill?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Becky Merja
  • Press Article

Ill wind sours plans to sell Emerson Vineyards

Polk County Itemizer-Observer
David Hayes
  • Letter to the Editor

What is source of the landfill gaseous smell?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Michael Cairns
  • Press Article

Benton dump findings take shape

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Alex Powers
  • Press Article

‘Complex chemical stew’: Leachate concerns in Corvallis

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Cody Mann
  • Letter to the Editor

Plenty of time for a thorough waste study

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Yeager
  • Letter to the Editor

Is that the legacy we want to leave?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Becky Merja
  • Letter to the Editor

Why do we have to expand our dump?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Hilary White
  • Letter to the Editor

Landfill expansion will take place regardless of will of the community

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Fred Hughes
  • News

TrashTalk Workgroup: Future Deleted

Public Comment at first Benton County Talks Trash workgroup meeting
Ken Eklund
  • News

New County Workgroup is Fraught

Post to prior version of this website
Ken Eklund
  • As I See It

The situation with Coffin Butte Landfill, in a nutshell

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Marge Popp
  • As I See It

Kicking the (trash) can down the road

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Becky Merja
  • As I See It

Kicking The (Trash) Can Down The Road

Albany Democrat-Herald
Becky Merja
  • As I See It

Assessing our trash future

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ken Eklund
  • As I See It

Assessing Our Trash Future In Benton County

Albany Democrat Herald
Ken Eklund
  • Press Article

Benton County candidates: What to do with Coffin Butte landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Cody Mann
  • Letter to the Editor

We need to block landfill expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Chuck Goetzinger
  • Letter to the Editor

Landfill push poll aims to deceive

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Douglas Pollock
  • Press Article

Republic Services pulls appeal on Coffin Butte landfill expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Cody Mann
  • Letter to the Editor

Why is only written testimony to be accepted at landfill appeal?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Yeager
  • Letter to the Editor

Why Is Only Written Testimony Accepted

Albany Democrat Herald
Mark Yeager
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte Landfill needs better management

Corvallis Gazette-Times
  • Letter to the Editor

Coffin Butte Needs Better Management

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Camille Hall
  • Letter to the Editor

Take the time to look into expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Amy Luhn
  • Letter to the Editor

Take Time To Look Into Expansion

Albany Democrat Herald
Amy Luhn
  • Letter to the Editor

We should rename Coffin Butte ‘Mount Trashmore’

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Thomas Binker
  • Press Article

What is pay-as-you-throw? A waste expert explains

Corvallis Gazette-Times – Associated Press
Lily Baum Pollans
  • Letter to the Editor

Writer: County Commissioners, rethink your opinion on landfill decision

Corvallis Gazette-Times
B. Starr McMullen
  • As I See It

Editorial coverage has hit a new low

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Grant Carlin
  • As I See It

Editorial Coverage Hits New Low

Albany Democrat Herald
Grant Carlin
  • Press Article

Republic Services appeals county decision on Coffin Butte landfill expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Day
  • Press Article

Benton County Planning Commission unanimously rejects Coffin Butte landfill expansion plan

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Day
  • Press Article

Benton County Planning Commission set to vote on Coffin Butte expansion plan

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Day
  • Letter to the Editor

Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Weiss
  • Letter to the Editor

Landfill expansion bad deal for local residents

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Marge Popp
  • Letter to the Editor

Let your opinion on landfill be known

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Howard Bruner
  • Letter to the Editor

Has cost of hauling been considered?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Chuck Goetzinger
  • As I See It

Do the math on the landfill scheme

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Ken Eklund
  • Letter to the Editor

Let’s see a plan for the emissions

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Court Smith
  • Letter to the Editor

Do residents want to double landfill?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Bob Kipper
  • Letter to the Editor

No new Willamette Valley landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Clifford A. Hall, M.D.
  • Letter to the Editor

We need to look at alternatives

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Larky Hansen
  • Letter to the Editor

Expanding waste diversion: We owe future generations no less

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Bill Peterson
  • Press Article

Benton County hears more opposition to Coffin Butte Landfill expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Day
  • Letter to the Editor

Quarry operation occupies next cell

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Fairchild
  • Letter to the Editor

Company not bashful about wanting land for landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Schulte
  • Letter to the Editor

Why are we taking other regions’ trash?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Thomas Binker
  • Press Article

Why the decision to expand Coffin Butte landfill is put off until December now

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Day
  • Letter to the Editor

County staff has not been objective toward landfill expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Mark Yeager
  • Letter to the Editor

Commissioners need input from environmental experts

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Clifford A. Hall, M.D.
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte landfill expansion goes to Benton County Planning commission

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Day
  • Letter to the Editor

Let the county know your thoughts – before it’s too late

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kirby Callis
  • Letter to the Editor

Reevaluate Future of Landfill Site

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Becky Merja
  • Letter to the Editor

MAILBAG: Questions about Corvallis’ landfill

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Rana Foster
  • Letter to the Editor

How about all those uncovered loads?

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Fairchild
  • Press Article

Coffin Butte Landfill passes hurdle on way to expansion

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Jim Day
  • Letter to the Editor

We Might As Well Change Those Signs

Albany Democrat Herald
Joel Geier
  • Press Article

Mallinckrodt may be forced to help with the cost of nuclear waste cleanup

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bryce Gray
  • Press Article

Landfill Failures: The Buried Truth

Center for Health, Environment & Justice
  • Press Article

City responds to GMS lawsuit

The Browsville Herald
Mark Regan
  • Press Article

Price hike scaled back

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Benett Hall
  • Letter to the Editor

Landfill Charge Is Short Sighted

Corvallis Gazette-Times
Karen Fleck Harding
  • Press Article

EPA releases strategy to clean up West Lake

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bryce Gray
  • Press Article

Coventry Landfill Expansion: An Unnecessary Evil

Conservation Law Foundation
Kirstie Pecci
  • Press Article

Trial is delayed in Koster suit over landfill

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jacob Barker
  • Press Article

Landfills: Trashing the Earth

Center for Health, Environment and Justice
Staff Writers
  • Press Article

Landfill Seethes beneath surface

The Akron Beacon
Bob Downing