page_title: Central Landfill
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Central Landfill / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: RI Landfile SE View NarragansettBayNewportBridge
context_page_description: The Central Landfill is a 154-acre waste disposal site in Johnston, Rhode Island. It is the state's only landfill and receives more than 90% of the state's solid waste. It has been on the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund National Priorities List since 1986. The site is owned and operated by the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation.
context_section_description: It is the state's only landfill and receives more than 90% of the state's solid waste.
  As of 2014, the landfill receives about 750,000 tons of waste, which costs about $32 million. It has reached its maximum allowed height and, as it expands outwards to incorporate another 102 acres of land, it is expected to reach capacity in 2038. The agency has explored several options to extend its life, such as cutting the amount of trash it processes, limiting disposal to residential waste, burning trash, and employing temporary measures while waiting for technological solutions. It cannot increase its height further without approval from both the town and the Federal Aviation Association.
  The last waste composition study of the landfill was in 1990.
  The landfill is one of the highest points in the state, with "beautiful, panoramic views of the Ocean State on an autumn afternoon." It is sometimes mistakenly listed as the highest, though Jerimoth Hill is more than 200 feet taller.
  Gas produced at the landfill is collected and turned into electricity by Broadrock Renewables, LLC.
caption: View from the top of Central Landfill, looking Southeast toward Narragansett Bay
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