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Sanitary Landfill Operations
Johnson County Landfill
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Composting site with wind rows of bio-degradable paper bags filled with yard waste that compost readily with the grass and leaves.

White goods stored at the landfill that have had chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) removed. White goods are hauled to a scrap metal dealer for recycling.

View of the Deep Well used to inject landfill leachate into the Arbuckle Formation. The Deep Well was drilled almost 2000 feet deep and contains monitoring devices to ensure no leakage of leachate into the ground water above the Arbuckle Formation. The leachate is stored in silo tanks before being treated through a sand filter media..

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