SCV NEWS

“Chiquita Canyon Landfill Owners End Relief Program for Community”

“The Citizens for Chiquita Canyon Closure have reported that Waste Connections will end its relief/relocation assistance program for victims of the noxious gases emitting from the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the Santa Clarita Valley. Current funding for the program will end on Feb. 28. 

Residents in Val Verde and Castaic were most impacted by the results of an underground elevated temperature landfill event that the landfill has had limited success in working to control. Waste Connections, operators of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill, announced the landfill would stop accepting trash and close its doors on Jan. 1, 2025, after operating in the SCV for 52 years.

“Los Angeles County acknowledged in its lawsuit that the landfill has caused significant harm to the community. It is clear that a state of emergency must be declared and the County must provide adequate resources to support local residents,” said Oshea Orchid, resident, local leader and managing partner at Sethi Orchid Miner, LLP.”