List of landfills in the United States

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. Superfund sites are recognized by the government as being contaminated with hazardous substances as well as broadly defined "pollutants or contaminants" and in need of cleanup.

California

• Canal Area, San Rafael, California – The "East San Rafael" area (the eastern portion of the Canal Area between the Bay and San Quentin Ridge) was home to most of the garbage disposal sites in central Marin County.
• Eastlake Landfill, Clearlake
• Frank R. Bowerman Landfill, Orange County
• Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill, Fresno
• Junipero Serra Landfill, Colma, closed in 1983
• Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility, southwest of Kettleman City
• Newby Island landfill, Santa Clara County
• Olinda Landfill, Orange County
• Puente Hills Landfill, Los Angeles County, the largest landfill in the country (closed)
• Scholl Canyon Landfill, located in Glendale, California
• Shoreline Park, Mountain View, now a city park
• Sunshine Canyon Landfill, Sylmar, California
• Toyon Canyon Landfill, Los Angeles, closed in 1985

Connecticut

• Laurel Park Incorporated, Naugatuck, closed in 1987

Florida

The Munisport Landfill in North Miami

• Mount Trashmore (Florida), Broward County
• Munisport, North Miami, ceased operating in 1980

Georgia

• Hercules 009 Landfill, Brunswick, a Superfund site
• Hickory Ridge Landfill, Conley

Indiana

• Randolph Farms Landfill, Modoc

Illinois

• Mallard Lake Landfill, DuPage County

Louisiana

• Agriculture Street Landfill, New Orleans

Maryland

• Alpha Ridge Landfill, Marriottsville
• Carr's Mill Landfill, Howard County
• Scarboro Landfill, Harford County, used until 1986

Massachusetts

Rusting chemical waste drums at the Shpack Landfill site in May 2003

• Charles-George Reclamation Trust Landfill, Tyngsborough, a Superfund site
• Shpack Landfill, Norton, a Superfund site

Michigan

• Carleton Farms Landfill, Sumpter Township

Nevada

• Apex Landfill, Clark County

New Jersey

• Kin-Buc Landfill, Edison, a Superfund site
• Ringwood Mines landfill site, Ringwood, used until the early 1970s, a Superfund site
• Rolling Knolls Landfill, Chatham Township

New York

• Fountain Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue Landfills, Brooklyn, former landfills
• Love Canal, Niagara Falls
• Pfohl Brothers Landfill, Cheektowaga, closed in 1971, a Superfund site
• Seneca Meadows Landfill, Seneca Falls
• Fresh Kills Landfill, Staten Island

North Carolina

• Warren County PCB Landfill, now closed

Ohio

• Krejci Dump, near Boston Heights, closed in 1986, a Superfund site
• Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, north of Cincinnati

See also

• Landfills in the United States
• Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, an outdoor museum and public park built atop an abandoned landfill and illegal dumpsite

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