Lewis County Herald - Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898

By Katelin Carroll,

Staff Reporter

New Commercial Solid Waste Level Established for Home-based Businesses

While Solid Waste has been a hot topic for the past year and a half, no one subject came up more during conversation than home-based business owners who couldn’t afford their new solid waste fees.

On Monday, May 17, the much sought-after resolution was brought before the County Commission that attempted to create a New Level One Commercial Solid Waste Fee for home-based businesses whose primary production of solid waste material is landfill/pit material or trees/brush.

The resolution...