SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Solid waste landfill space in Illinois increased by 10 percent in 2008 over the previous year.
The Environmental Protection Agency says a new Clinton facility and several landfill expansions increased space available. Expansions occurred in Winnebago County, Rochelle and Dolton.
The EPA's annual Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity Report included data as of Jan. 1, 2009.
Remaining space is enough for more than one billion cubic yards at 48 Illinois landfills in 2008 -- up 10 percent from 2007.
Landfills continue to get larger while the number declines. Ten years ago there were 53 landfills with about 793 million cubic yards of space.
A Dolton landfill is the only one operating in Cook County. There are 73 transfer stations in the metropolitan area.
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On the Net: www.epa.state.il.us/land
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
The Environmental Protection Agency says a new Clinton facility and several landfill expansions increased space available. Expansions occurred in Winnebago County, Rochelle and Dolton.
The EPA's annual Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity Report included data as of Jan. 1, 2009.
Remaining space is enough for more than one billion cubic yards at 48 Illinois landfills in 2008 -- up 10 percent from 2007.
Landfills continue to get larger while the number declines. Ten years ago there were 53 landfills with about 793 million cubic yards of space.
A Dolton landfill is the only one operating in Cook County. There are 73 transfer stations in the metropolitan area.
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On the Net: www.epa.state.il.us/land
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
