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Encyclopedia > Puente Hills Landfill
Aerial view of the Puente Hills Landfill
Aerial view of the Puente Hills Landfill

Puente Hills Landfill is currently the largest landfill in the United States, accepting four million tons of waste in 2005. The landfill is located in Whittier, California and is part of the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County. Image File history File linksMetadata PHaerial. ... Image File history File linksMetadata PHaerial. ... Albury landfill, Surrey, England A landfill, also known as a dump (US) or a tip (UK), is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment. ... Waste inside a wheelie bin Waste, rubbish, trash, garbage, or junk is unwanted or undesired material. ... Country United States State California County Los Angeles Mayor Greg Nordbak Area    - City 37. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...


The landfill gas created by the landfill is funneled to the Puente Hills Gas-To-Energy Facility, which generates 50 megawatts of electricity. Biogas, typically refers to gas produced by the anaerobic digestion or fermentation of organic matter including manure, sewage sludge, municipal solid waste, or any other biodegradable feedstock, under anaerobic conditions. ...


Trivia

  • MegaStructures focused on the landfill for the episode "Garbage Mountain".

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See also

  • Waste-to-energy

Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) in its strictest sense refers to any waste treatment that creates energy in the form of electricity or heat from a waste source that would have been disposed of in landfill, also called energy recovery. ...

External links

  • Official Website


Topics related to waste management edit
Anaerobic digestion | Composting | Incineration | Landfill | Mechanical biological treatment | Radioactive waste | Recycling | Regiving | Sewerage | Waste | Waste collection | Waste sorting | Waste hierarchy | Waste management | Waste management concepts | Waste legislation | Waste treatment technology

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Puente Hills is cited as the best example -- a dump that will be roughly the same size, taking roughly the same amount of trash, with the same kind of residential and commercial development that someday is expected to surround El Sobrante.
Puente Hills might be a closer match for El Sobrante than the Ontario dump, which is surrounded by booming airport-area industrial development.
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