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Beginning the week of Sept. 21, the county will close the Rio Rico landfill on Sundays and eliminate Thursday from the dumping schedule in Sonoita and Tubac.

"Sunday dumping doesn't pay for itself," Karl Moyers, solid waste manager, told Santa Cruz County supervisors on Aug. 12.

The county will reduce the landfill hours and leave two vacant positions unfilled to save an estimated $120,000 per year, Moyers said. The supervisors voted 3-0 to approve the changes.

Here is the new schedule, effective Sept. 21:

Rio Rico landfill: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; closed on Sunday.

Sonoita-Elgin landfill and the Tubac-Amado transfer station: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

For more information, call Public Works at (520) 375-7830.