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LARGEST LANDFILLS

Top 10 Largest Landfills
By tonnage received in 2007

Rank Landfill/Location Owner/Operator 2007 Tonnage
1  Apex Regional  
Las Vegas, Nev.		 Republic Services Inc.  3,824,814  
2  Puente Hills 
Whittier, Calif.		 Los Angeles County   3,756,718  
3  Newton County Landfill Partnership 
Brook, Ind.		 Allied Waste Industries Inc.   2,692,455  
4  Atlantic Waste 
Waverly, Va.		 Waste Management Inc.   2,669,423  
5  Okeechobee  
Okeechobee, Fla.		 Waste Management Inc.   2,640,000  
6  Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site 
Aurora, Colo.		 City and County of Denver  2,561,809  
7  El Sobrante 
Corona, Calif.		 Waste Management Inc.   2,173,216  
8  Rumpke Sanitary  
Colerain Township, Ohio		 Rumpke Consolidated Cos. Inc.   2,128,165  
9  Frank Bowerman 
Irvine, Calif.		 Orange County  2,059,859  
10  Columbia Ridge  
Arlington, Ore.		 Waste Management Inc.   2,050,602  

SOURCE: State environmental agencies, staff research.
NOTE: Some totals are estimated.

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