TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE – Senator Rob Rolison (R-Poughkeepsie) is calling on the Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency (RRA) to address the future of the agency’s solid waste incinerator (burn plant), which is nearly 40 years old. In a letter to RRA Chairman Jim Miccio, Rolison wants the agency to redesign how solid waste and recyclables are handled in Dutchess County.
The burn plant is a “waste-to-energy” facility that burns more than 130,000 tons of municipal solid waste from within Dutchess County each year. Noting that the bonds used to finance the facility are nearing full repayment, Rolison said, “I believe now is the time to rethink and redesign how solid waste and recyclables in Dutchess County are managed.”
Rolison, who previously served as Chairman of the Dutchess County Legislature, is familiar with the facility. During his chairmanship, the lawmakers commissioned a 2011 study that evaluated the county’s waste management systems. “Nearly fifteen years later, it is time to revisit this critical issue — one that affects the health and safety of our residents and is essential to maintaining our local economy,” Rolison urged in his letter.
Rolison, a member of the New York State Senate in 2023, said he is willing to work with the RRA on “any plan that is pursued is fiscally responsible, environmentally sound, and centered on the health and safety of our residents.”
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