the.com/apex regional landfill
the last address for everything you swore you'd recycle someday.
means a large permitted disposal site in north carolina where regional household and commercial waste is buried in engineered layers.
from named for its location near apex, north carolina, part of a wave of regional landfills built in the late 20th century as small town dumps got phased out for lined, monitored megasites.
engineered linersclay and plastic barriers stop leachate hitting groundwater
methane captureburied trash off-gasses methane, sometimes sold as energy
finite lifespanevery landfill has a permitted capacity and closing date