Waste Management aiming to expand Wisconsin`s largest landfill via Superfund excavation

Dive Brief:

• Waste Management is seeking approval from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for a proposed expansion of the Orchard Ridge Landfill, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  
  
• The project, which would follow a previous expansion approved by the state in February, calls for a somewhat unorthodox approach: the company would excavate 1.3 million cubic yards of waste from an unlined Superfund site on the property and move it to the newly-constructed expansion.
  
  
• While Waste Management has emphasized the environmental benefits of eliminating a Superfund site, a local group is raising doubts. "What we are concerned about is protecting the environment, protecting the health of people and ensuring there is full public participation," Charlene Lemoine, an activist with the Waukesha County Environmental Action League, told the Journal Sentinel.