In a move that will benefit both the facility and its customers, Solid Waste Director Phil Hathcock requested and obtained approval from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to accept waste liquids in the Barton County Landfill. The permit will be good for county residents by offering another service and will also help extend the landfill’s life expectancy, Hathcock told the County Commission Tuesday morning. Hathcock said up until now the landfill under KDHE regulations could not accept any waste that was liquid or had liquid flowing from it.