Carleton Farms Landfill

Carleton Farms Landfill

The Carleton Farms Landfill is located in Sumpter Township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The landfill sits on convert|664|acre|km2 of property and has a solid waste boundary of convert|388|acre|km2. It is owned by Republic Services, Inc., and is about convert|30|mi|km west of Detroit. As of September, 2005, one million tons of waste is shipped from Toronto, Ontario in Canada to the Carleton Farms Landfill annually. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/09/21/Michigan_trash20050921.html Michigan moves to ban Canadian trash ] ] This site accounts for about 10% of Michigan's total waste.

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