Virginia Takes In Record Amount Of Waste, DEQ Finds

Date: July 4, 2002

Source: News Room

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has reported that Virginia landfills accepted a record amount of trash from other states in 2001. More than 4.8 million tons of out-of-state trash made it to Virginia landfills in 2001, which is 3.2 percent more than it was in 1998. Maryland was the largest exporter, sending 1.7 million tons, and another 1.2 million tons were trucked in from New York. Virginia residents dumped 23.7 million tons of trash in their landfills. At the current rate, without considering a population increase, Virginia's landfills will fill up in 2018.

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