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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.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Michigan designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
) Site contains over 450,000 cubic yards of waste slag and over 60,000 cu yd of zinc oxide. The materials contain elevated levels of cadmium, copper and lead. Sediments in nearby wetlands and Long Lake also have elevated levels of the same metals. 03/04/2010 – – –
Michigan Disposal Service, also known as Kalamazoo City Dump, Kalamazoo City Landfill, Dispose-O-Waste and the Cork Street Landfill, is a 68-acre (27.5 hectare) Superfund site in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [1] Davis Creek is adjacent to the site. It is one of six Superfund sites in the Kalamazoo River watershed. [2]
The Carleton Farms landfill is located in Sumpter Township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The landfill sits on 664 acres (2.69 km 2) of property and has a solid waste boundary of 388 acres (1.57 km 2). It is owned by Republic Services Inc., and is about 30 miles (48 km) west of Detroit since 2002.
The Technological Institute in 1977, after the construction of the Lakefill. Lindheimer Observatory is at top (since demolished).. The Northwestern University Lakefill (formally known as the James Roscoe Miller Campus) is a large area of Northwestern University land that was reclaimed from Lake Michigan in 1962–1964 by creating a seawall of limestone blocks quarried in Illinois and Indiana ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. "Cities in Illinois" redirects here. For unincorporated communities, see List of unincorporated communities in Illinois. For CDPs, see List of census-designated places in Illinois. Map of the United States with Illinois highlighted Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United ...
Lake Calumet is the largest body of water within the city of Chicago. Formerly a shallow, postglacial lake draining into Lake Michigan, it was transformed into an industrial harbor during the 20th century. [1] Parts of the lake have been dredged, and other parts reshaped by landfill.