Landfills are divided into “cells,” each of which is contained in a liner that keeps the trash isolated, according to Marvin ...

Forever chemicals in landfills threaten groundwater, streams and rivers There is no evidence the pollutant-laden wastewater that forms when rain trickles through a landfill is escaping from the ...

In its 2022 annual groundwater report, the landfill measured both cobalt and chloroform at levels that exceeded groundwater protection standards.

When Xcel Energy stopped burning coal at its Valmont Power Station in 2017, it left 1.6 million tons of toxic coal ash on the ...

The landfill improvement project is included in the county’s capital improvement program, with $1 million allocated for 2025 ...

Municipal solid waste landfills average about 12,600 parts per trillion in their leachate, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data.

Environmental justice groups allege that the Sampson County landfill caused forever chemical contamination via groundwater and emissions.

Groundwater contamination from landfills typically forms a "plume" that moves outward and downward into surrounding and underlying aquifers, as shown in Figure 1.

State data shows PFAS in groundwater around NC landfills, with some levels 4,000 times above EPA limits, raising concerns about private well contamination.

A federal lawsuit filed by a corporate landfill operator just outside of Stockton alleges that inmates at a nearby prison hospital known as the California Health Care Facility are drinking well ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Crews working to clean up the West Lake Landfill in St. Louis County detected contamination in nearby groundwater, forcing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ...

The old Columbus Municipal Landfill was located in the wooded area across the river. The landfill is an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Site.