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• Kingsport, Tenn., will dump its garbage in a different landfill for the next five years in a move expected to save $245,000, but Sullivan County will likely incur $675,000 a year in tipping fees as a result.
• The Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen have contracted with Advanced Disposal Services to use their new landfill off Highway 394 in Sullivan County.
• Prior to the new deal, Kingsport has taken its garbage to a Sullivan County transfer station, where they paid tipping fees and the garbage was transfered to an Allied Waste landfill in Hawkins County.

From the article:

The city of Kingsport is changing where it dumps its garbage, a move that will save the city around $245,000 a year.

But the move will also cost Sullivan County around $675,000 a year in tipping fees. ...