Jeffrey Slack, retiring executive director of the Region 8 Solid Waste Authority, was recently recognized for this 15 years of service by Mark Holstine, executive director of the West Virginia Solid Waste Management Board, at the recent state association meeting.
Slack started his tenure in 2008 and has led the Region 8 Solid Waste Authority through stabilization of its financial condition, developed inter-agency relationships with the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Protection and local governments. He instituted multiple changes on the operations side of the authority’s two transfer stations to allow for no increases of the disposal rates for the last 10 years, all the while modernizing the handling of solid waste at both facilities with equipment upgrades and changes to the secondary transport of solid waste to the Tucker County Landfill.
