A couple counties have come to an agreement on hauling trash to the Battle Creek Landfill.

Warren county started bringing trash to the landfill in Page County this week. With this deal, about twice as much trash is coming to the site.

People who live close by are not comfortable with the deal, but both counties' officials say they stand to gain much from the move.

Six to seven trucks are bringing trash each day from Warren County to Page County. Joyce Good lives near the landfill.

"I got a son in a wheelchair. He's 36. And, I don't like to bring him outside because of the landfill," says Good. "You can really smell it sometimes."

She remembers when a private company was hauling up to 1,500 tons of trash in a day a few days ago. That's well in excess of what the Department of Environmental Quality allowed, so the the site was down. Page County bought out the landfill and got it running again in 2005.

"We began to try to find partners," says Tommy LaFrance, Chairman-at-Large of the Page County Board of Supervisors. "And, we went back to Warren [County]."

Page County officials are now allowing Warren County to bring up to 225 tons of trash per day.

"Which we do not plan on exceeding for the first 15 years of our contract," says Warren County Administrator Douglas Stanley.

Warren County disposes of about 100 tons per day, which they say is down from last year. The county was taking their trash to Richmond, but the high price of fuel forced them to look for a closer location.

Page County officials say they won't be making a profit on the deal, but they'll make gains elsewhere.

"A working relationship with a neighboring county to help us offset some of the costs dealing with landfill and trash," says LaFrance.

However, Good is still concerned.

"Page County needs a landfill, but not for nobody else," says Good.

The deal is slated to run for 15 years with the option of two five-year extensions. Officials at the landfill say the added trash should not create an issue with the amount of space available. Even if Warren County were to bring in the maximum trash allowed, they would still have enough space for about 40 years.