Mount Trashmore (Broward)

Mount Trashmore (formally known as the North Broward County Resource Recovery and Central Disposal Sanitary Landfill until 2011 and then the Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park) is a 225-foot high landfill site located between Coconut Creek and Deerfield Beach in northern Broward County, Florida, alongside the east side of Florida's Turnpike between mile markers 69 and 70. It is owned by Waste Management, Inc.

The landfill dates to 1965, when it started as a ten-foot high pile of debris in what was then a remote section of the county.^[1] It currently takes in an average of 3,500 tons of trash daily and has the capacity to accept 10,000 tons of trash daily.^[1] The site has long emitted foul odors into the air of neighboring Coconut Creek.^[2] Complaints from the city in the 1990s resulted in Waste Management being fined for violating air standards.^[1] The company attempted to alleviate the problem by covering the garbage with extra dirt and spraying deodorizer from 55-gallon drums.^[1]

In 2008, Waste Management withdrew its application to increase the height of the landfill from 225 feet to 280 feet.^[3] In 2011, Waste Management renamed the site the "Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park."^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Nolin, Robert; Wayne K. Roustan (Apr. 11, 2011). "Mount Trashmore gets new name". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-new-name-trashmore-20110409,0,3325178.story. Retrieved 2011-04-11. 
2. ^ Rubin, Jeffrey (Feb. 14, 1991). "Creek Officials Gear To Fight Compost Plan". Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-02-14/news/9101080458_1_composting-yard-waste-waste-management. Retrieved 2011-04-11. 
3. ^ Huriash, Lisa (April 18, 2008). "Landfill neighbors breathe easier". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2008-04-18/news/0804170719_1_landfill-coconut-creek-application. Retrieved 2011-04-11. 

Coordinates: 26°17′01″N 80°09′42″W / 26.28349°N 80.16166°W / 26.28349; -80.16166