Waste-to-energy plant to close by year’s end

The ReWorld Marion plant in Brooks. Submitted photo.

By LYNDON ZAITZ of the Keizertimes

The waste disposal plant in Brooks is scheduled to be shuttered at the end of the year.

Now known as Reworld Marion, the mass burn facility is owned by a waste management company based in New Jersey.

Reworld notified Marion County officials earlier this year of the plant’s closing.

The Brooks facility, built in the 1980s, processes about 550 tons of…