Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a new law to tighten the state’s landfill regulations earlier this month, the culmination of a long-running effort by environmental activists to bring greater scrutiny to the process for opening or expanding landfills in New Hampshire.
Ayotte held a ceremonial signing of the new law in Dalton Thursday, where locals have fought for years against a proposed Casella Waste Management landfill.
“I said from …