Indiana Report Details Remaining Capacity, Import Rates

Date: June 5, 2003

Source: News Room

At current dumping rates, Indiana's 32 landfills have a combined life expectancy of about 13 years, according to Indiana Department of Environmental Management records. But the state is not likely to run out of space, since many of the facilities have significant space remaining for expansion. IDEM officials noted that the state has seen its number of landfills decline from 130 twenty years ago to a quarter of that number today, but with potentially more capacity. Other IDEM figures noted that in 2001 Indiana imported 1,739,778 tons of solid waste. More than 1.6 million tons of that total is from Illinois, most of it coming from Chicago and transported to Newton and Fulton counties.
More information: www.in.gov/idem/.

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