Roosevelt Regional Landfill
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| The largest private landfill in the state, Roosevelt covers an area of 2,545 acres, has a 120 million ton capacity, and a 40 year expected trash-receiving life. Trash comes in shipping containers, mostly via rail from the Seattle area, to an intermodal yard in Roosevelt (owned by the same privately held waste company - Rabanco). Containers are loaded onto trucks for the haul up the hill to the landfill, and then emptied by tilting lifts that upend the container/trailer assembly. Trash also arrives from a network of nine intermodal yards that connect the landfill to sources as far away as California. Trash also comes from Alaska on barges. Empty trash trains take fruit and other goods from eastern Washington back to Seattle (in different containers). |
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Klickitat County
(POINT(-120.1765251159 45.8066368103))
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Klickitat County |
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| Drive north off the 14 at Roosevelt, and the landfill is on the right, after cresting the hill. No visitor facilities. |
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http://www.rabanco.com/regional_landfill/default.aspx
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