Seneca Meadows Landfill

42°54′50″N 76°50′42″W / 42.914016°N 76.844945°W / 42.914016; -76.844945 Seneca Meadows, owned by Seneca Meadows, Inc. (SMI) is a landfill in Seneca Falls, New York, near Town of Waterloo, with almost 400 acres (160 ha) of landfill and a 2,600 acres (1,100 ha) facility.[1] It is the largest active landfill in New York State, as well as Seneca County's fourth largest industrial employer.[1] At peak times, the company employs more than 160 full-time workers. In 2005, it accepted more than 6,000 tons of garbage a day from multiple states (then three). The height limit was 280 feet (85 m).[2] Methane gas is sent to a nearby independent facility for producing electricity, some of which Seneca Meadows buys back for its own power needs. Seneca Meadows began producing gas for electricity in 1995, then producing 2.4 Megawatts. Today it produces 18 Megawatts, enough to power 15,000 to 18,000 homes.[3] Seneca Meadows parent company, IESI Corporation, claims that the revenue of the landfill is around $48 million.

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