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As of 2014, the landfill receives about 750,000 tons of waste per year, which costs about $ 32 million. It has reached its maximum allowed height and, as it expands outwards to incorporate another 102 acres of land, it is expected to reach capacity in 2038. The agency has explored several options to
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Before 1980, the site was used to dispose of liquid industrial waste, contaminating soil and groundwater. The practice was stopped and the hazardous waste disposal area closed by order of the state in 1982. In 1986, the entire landfill was added to the
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told other members not to continue going to board meetings, allowing O'Connell to report directly to the governor to restructure the company, removing about a third of the employees and implementing a merit-based business corporate philosophy.
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The landfill continued to accept some out-of-state waste, but in 1986 began to turn away trucks headed to the dump from
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The landfill is one of the highest points in the state, with "beautiful, panoramic views of the Ocean State on an autumn afternoon." It is sometimes mistakenly listed as the highest point in Rhode Island, though
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were put here by politicians. They didn’t feel they had to work, and those who were workers felt like, why bother?" After a couple members of the board resigned, then-governor
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