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This is a list of landfills in the United States.A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment.Historically, landfills have been the most common method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world.
[1] [4] Anually, about 720,000 tons of construction and demolition waste and about 350,000 tons of incinerator ash from across Long Island are dumped into the Brookhaven Landfill, regarded by some as the main reason for the negative health impacts in the community.
The Croton Point landfill in the Hudson Valley of New York State is an example of successful grasslands restoration and it is part of a pattern of closures in the Northeast with many more landfills set to close by 2050. [22] There are many ecosystem service benefits to these pockets of diverse grasslands.
Texas-based Waste Connections is petitioning the state Department of Environmental Conservation to allow it to use another 47 acres of the 350-acre landfill to dump garbage and increase the ...
New York City is a hotbed of canning activity largely due to the city's high population density mixed with New York State's container deposit laws. [18] Canning remains a contentious issue in NYC with the canners often facing pushback from the city government, the New York City Department of Sanitation, and other recycling collection companies ...
Seneca Meadows, owned by Seneca Meadows, Inc. (SMI) is a landfill in Seneca Falls, New York, near Town of Waterloo, with almost 400 acres (160 ha) of landfill and a 2,600 acres (1,100 ha) facility It is the largest active landfill in New York State , as well as Seneca County 's fourth largest industrial employer. [ 1 ]
Amsterdam is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 5,566 at the 2010 census. [2] The town is named after Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The town is adjacent to and borders the city of Amsterdam on three sides. The town is on the county's northeastern border.
New York State Route 30, a north-south highway called Market Street in part, crosses the Mohawk River to link the main part of Amsterdam to the New York State Thruway. NY-30 also intersects east-west highways New York State Route 5 and New York State Route 67 in the city. New York State Route 5S passes along the south side of the Mohawk River.