04-02-2024, 05:43 AM
You're close. The one located in the western suburbs is estimated to hit capacity within 15-20 years.
I can't remember if the one in Cambridge still operates as a landfill, or if it's just a transfer station now. Either way, it's a tiny bit bigger than the one on Erb and doesn't have much capacity left either.
Once it's completely full, they have considered building a waste to energy incineration facility which I think would be a great idea. One caveat is that they think that would require accepting waste from other municipalities to make it worth the cost. That will likely become a messy political and policy obstacle, because the idea of importing waste from elsewhere is always a hard sell to the public. Environmentalists and commies won't like that idea, but then again they don't really have any ideas in the first place. I think it would be a good investment to use, while also working on programs for waste reduction and recycling improvements. It would surely be better than having to open up what would become the 9th landfill in the region.
I can't remember if the one in Cambridge still operates as a landfill, or if it's just a transfer station now. Either way, it's a tiny bit bigger than the one on Erb and doesn't have much capacity left either.
Once it's completely full, they have considered building a waste to energy incineration facility which I think would be a great idea. One caveat is that they think that would require accepting waste from other municipalities to make it worth the cost. That will likely become a messy political and policy obstacle, because the idea of importing waste from elsewhere is always a hard sell to the public. Environmentalists and commies won't like that idea, but then again they don't really have any ideas in the first place. I think it would be a good investment to use, while also working on programs for waste reduction and recycling improvements. It would surely be better than having to open up what would become the 9th landfill in the region.