Engineers Challenge Stability of Pennsylvania Landfill Liner

Date: June 14, 2004

Source: News Room

An engineering report on the Grand Central Landfill in Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania has determined that a liner system for a proposed expansion of the facility "will not survive" as designed. Waste Management officials have proposed expanding the facility by 43 acres, and 17 acres of that would be atop a closed landfill. The question is how well the liner over the old waste would hold up if a depression opens in the waste underneath it. Landfill officials have said the liner is designed to state standards and will hold up well.
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