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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.
Landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions in the United States, with municipal solid waste landfills representing 95 percent of this fraction. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In the U.S., the number of landfill gas projects increased from 399 in 2005, to 594 in 2012 [ 17 ] according to the Environmental Protection Agency .
Some city councilors and residents say proposed garbage rate increases to help offset a new waste facility would be too steep.
Mount Campbell (Alaska), a mountain in the Valdez-Cordova (CA) region in Alaska; Mount Campbell (Antarctica), a mountain in the Prince Olav Mountains of Antarctica; Mount Campbell (California), a small mountain in Sierra Nevada foothills near Reedley, California, United States; Mount Campbell (Canada), a mountain near Penticton, British ...
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Point South is an unincorporated community located in Jasper County, South Carolina, United States near the borders of Beaufort and Hampton counties and close to the geographic center of the Lowcountry. It is centered on the junction of Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 17.
SC 161 Northbound in Rock Hill. SC 161 is a multi-lane highway, traversing from U.S. Route 21 (US 21) and Interstate 77 (I-77), through the northern part of Rock Hill and north around York, to the back entrance area of Kings Mountain State Park and Kings Mountain National Military Park, and ends at the North Carolina state line.
The landfill receives 2 million tons (2 × 10 6 kg) of household and industrial wastes annually. [2] Mount Rumpke is 1,075 feet (328 m) above sea level and the highest landform in Hamilton County, Ohio, clearly visible from U.S. Route 27. [1] [3] It is the largest landfill in the state of Ohio [3] and the sixth largest in the United States. [4]