Nov 15 - The Biggest Landfill in America
According to Waste News, Puente Hills Landfill, owned and operated by
Puente Hills is scheduled to close in 2013. Los Angeles has arranged to have (at least some) of its waste rail-hauled to Mesquite landfill about 150 miles east of Los Angeles as Puente Hills fills up. There are also efforts to develop waste to energy technologies to reduce the amount of waste needing to be landfilled. It is doubtful that the 240,000 tons greenwaste currently used as Alternative Daily Cover at Puente Hills will be transported for use at