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It is important to have a basic understanding of the landfill being proposed for your community. We suggest that you ask the following questions of both the landfill operator and the local governing boards that will be giving the permits to the landfill operator.
· How big will the landfill be in acres?
· What is the depth of the landfill in feet, and what will be the height of the highest point of the cap after the landfill is closed?
· How much of the acreage will be filled with garbage?
· How much of the acreage will be used for the buffer zone?
· How much of the acreage will be unused?
· What is the maximum tons per day they will accept?
· Does the contract have a minimum tons per day quota (often called put or pay clauses)? If it does who is responsible for finding the additional tonnage or the money in lieu of the tonnage?
· What type of garbage will it be filled with:
municipal solid waste
medical waste
hazardous waste
low level radioactive waste
below regulatory concern (brc) waste
special waste (often incinerator ash)
incinerator ash
industrial solid waste
demolition debris
other waste
· Will they be putting recyclables in the landfill (glass, aluminum, tin, paper, etc.)?
· Will they be putting clean organic compostables in the landfill (for example, yard wastes)?
· If they are putting recyclables and organic compostables in the landfill will they be putting them in separate cells?
· In tons per day, how much of the garbage will come from your town, county, state, out-of-state?
· How many years will the landfill be in operation?
· Will it be lined and capped? If so what will these be made of?
· How long will the operators be responsible for it once it is closed, often referred to as the post-closure period?
· Who will be responsible for it once the post-closure period is over?
Center
for Health, Environment & Justice
(703) 237-CCHW
Publishes bimonthly: EVERYONE'S BACKYARD
G. Fred Lee and Associates
(530) 753-9630
http://www.gfredlee.com/
Greenpeace
(202) 462-1177
Publishes quarterly: GREENPEACE
http://www.greenpeace.org/
PAHLS (People Against Hazardous Landfill Sites)
Suite A
102 North Morgan
(219) 465-7466
Southwest Research and
(505) 262-1862
Publishes quarterly: THE WORKBOOK
Citizen's
Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes. LAND DISPOSAL ... THE DINOSAUR OF
DISPOSAL METHODS.
Connett, Paul. WASTE
MANAGEMENT: AS IF THE FUTURE MATTERED.
Cozza,
Lee, G. Fred and Anne R. Jones.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN LINED, "DRY TOMB" LANDFILLS: A
TECHNOLOGICALLY FLAWED APPROACH FOR PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER QUALITY.
Greenpeace.
WHY ALL LANDFILLS LEAK [this video features our very own Peter Montague
explaining in detail everything you need to know about landfills].
Compiled by Maria B. Pellerano, revised by Brady Parkhurst, edited by Andrea K. Fearneyhough. March 1995.
1.
Landfill
Impact Publications (Dr. G Fred Lee's site)
2. Friends of the Earth's Citizen's Guide to Municipal Landfills
3. Grassroots Recycling Network's landfills page
4. Landfills Leak (testimony and documentation on leakage studies)
5. Landfills: Hazardous to the Environment
6.
"From data compiled by LLSI, 82% of surveyed
landfill cells had leaks while 41% had a leak area of more than 1 square
feet." (According to Leak Location
Services, Inc., http://www.leaklocationservices.com/landfills.htm)
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Last modified: July 2008
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