Lake Okeechobee Map

6 huge American landfills and the people who live nearby

Landfills are one of the downsides to having a society that values consumption over conservation and that has a raging addiction to sweet, sweet plastic. Generally Americans are terrible when it comes to waste: We throw out too many things that we shouldn't — metals, papers, and plastics that could be recycled and food scraps that could be composted. We're getting better but still have a long way to go. Landfills are also a collective problem for which we all, to varying degrees, can take the blame. Almost all of us contribute to the mountain of waste that gets collected and dumped into landfills every day. Even those who are fanatic about recycling , composting and avoiding plastics and unnecessary packaging are responsible for peripheral waste — the industrial waste we don't see, the plastic wrap holding together the cases of food on the pallet between the warehouse and the grocery store, or the cardboard boxes being held firm by the plastic wrap. If you function at all in modern society, you contribute something to the problem of waste. The Rumpke Sanitary Landfill is better known to locals as Mount Rumpke or Rumpke Mountain. The top of the "mountain" sits more than 1,000 feet above sea level and is the highest point in Hamilton County. The landfill takes in 2 million tons of waste a year and is spread out across 230 acres. It's located close to neighborhoods in Colerain Township and is literally across the street from a shipping center. In 1996, lightning struck Mount Rumpke and caused a huge landslide that uncovered 15 acres of previously buried waste. Rumpke Consolidated Cos., the company that operates the facility, had to pay a fine of $1 million as well as covering up the exposed trash. See it on a map here .

Yes a little fact checking goes a long way. The landfill in Okeechobee is surrounded by miles of pasture land, with a handful of homes scattered here and there. It is probably 15 to 20 miles from town. So we're not exactly having to " live with the consequences of our wasteful ways." We have relied on Waste Management to pay us a landfill fund which helps supplement the lack of property taxes. Thank you to all the surrounding communities for paying to bring your garbage to our remote...

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