Wisconsin Landfills Import Record Levels of Waste

Date: October 11, 2001

Source: News Room

The amount of waste hauled to Wisconsin landfills from other states reached another record high last year--more than 1.4 million tons--with waste from Minnesota continuing to rise, according to state figures. But compared with previous annual increases, the total number of tons of out-of-state waste coming to Wisconsin last year rose by a relatively modest amount over 1999's previous record. Last year, 1,453,501 tons of garbage from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan were dumped in Wisconsin landfills, making up about 15 percent of the state's total. Wisconsin ranks sixth in the nation in imported waste. More information: www.dnr.state.wi.us.

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