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  • Thumbnail for Fresh Kills Landfill
    The Fresh Kills Landfill was a landfill covering 2,200 acres (890 ha) in the New York City borough of Staten Island in the United States. The name comes...
    27 KB (3,176 words) - 16:15, 27 February 2024
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    the size of the landfill from one year to the next. If the landfill grows minimally or remains the same, then policies covering landfill diversion are successful...
    17 KB (2,152 words) - 04:53, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Puente Hills Landfill
    Puente Hills Landfill was the largest landfill in the United States, rising 500 feet (150 meters) high and covering 700 acres (2.8 km2). Originally opened...
    7 KB (559 words) - 02:50, 6 November 2023
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    Edgemere Landfill is a former municipal landfill located in Edgemere on the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, New York City. It is located on a man-made peninsula...
    167 KB (14,476 words) - 06:17, 10 May 2024
  • Landfill restoration refers to the process of covering a landfill once it has reached its maximum capacity and transforming it into usable land. This...
    11 KB (1,586 words) - 00:24, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Landfills in the United States
    from the landfill. Closure and Postclosure Care Requirements - including covering landfills and providing long-term care of closed landfills. Corrective...
    31 KB (3,467 words) - 22:07, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for West Lake Landfill
    West Lake Landfill is a closed, unlined mixed-waste landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri. It was featured in the 2015 documentaries The First Secret...
    31 KB (2,981 words) - 06:45, 30 May 2024
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    state of Georgia. The landfill closure system is a green, 60-mil scrim reinforced TPO (thermoplastic polyolefin) geomembrane covering 48 acres in total....
    9 KB (766 words) - 07:22, 7 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Solar landfill
    solar landfill, also referred to as a brightfield, is a former landfill site that has been transformed into a solar array or solar farm. Landfills that...
    11 KB (976 words) - 17:45, 28 May 2024
  • The Hartland landfill is the waste disposal site for the city of Victoria, British Columbia and the Greater Victoria area. The landfill began operating...
    6 KB (885 words) - 00:36, 16 April 2024
  • Mount Trashmore (Florida) (category Landfills in the United States)
    Park, colloquially known as Mount Trashmore, is a 225-foot high (69 m) landfill site located in an unincorporated area of northern Broward County, Florida...
    5 KB (526 words) - 02:47, 17 January 2024
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    Bowers Landfill, also known as Island Road Landfill, is a former privately owned landfill site covering 12 acres (5 hectares) near Circleville, Ohio, on...
    3 KB (268 words) - 10:10, 10 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Mucking Marshes Landfill
    Mucking Marshes landfill was a major landfill site servicing London, close to the hamlet of Mucking, in Thurrock, Essex. Covering hundreds of acres of...
    5 KB (569 words) - 04:06, 27 September 2023
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    from the landfill formerly owned by SUEZ on Hallam Road. The odour pollution was due to the tipping face and the company worked on covering it during...
    10 KB (1,070 words) - 13:05, 24 May 2024
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    de Xochiaca landfill was one of the largest landfills in the Valley of Mexico, covering 150 ha (370 acres). It was an open-pit landfill which operated...
    43 KB (4,530 words) - 02:49, 4 May 2024
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    buildings; has been developed for minerals extraction or waste disposal by landfill purposes where provision for restoration has been made through development...
    40 KB (4,197 words) - 14:51, 12 April 2024
  • legislation and EU legislation, covering the establishment of necessary waste treatment facilities (pretreatment facilities and landfills) and transfer stations...
    12 KB (1,492 words) - 18:16, 30 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Vinyl composition tile
    due to the complexity of its chemical composition, leading to increased landfill waste. Vinyl tiles manufactured in the 20th century frequently contain...
    10 KB (1,138 words) - 21:55, 8 May 2024
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    highly durable and non-biodegradable, they can consume valuable space in landfills. If waste tires are improperly managed they may cause rubber pollution...
    30 KB (3,293 words) - 12:16, 10 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Triangle of death (Italy)
    illegal waste disposal by the Camorra criminal organization after regional landfills had been filled to capacity. The phenomenon of widespread environmental...
    34 KB (3,423 words) - 22:02, 17 January 2024
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