Background

The 96-acre Ramapo Landfill site is located in Ramapo, New York.

In the 1950s and 1960s, parts of the propertywere excavated as a source of gravel. In 1971, the Rockland County Department of Health granted a permit to the Town of Ramapo to use the excavated area as a sanitary landfill.  

The Town of Ramapo accepted wastes from a cosmetics company, a pharmaceutical company, and an automobile manufacturer. Other substances reportedly disposed of in the landfill include sewage sludge, municipal refuse, asbestos, construction and demolition debris, yard debris, paint sludge (presumably from the automotive plant) and liquid wastes from a paper company. In ...
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