Puente Hills Landfill
Site in Los Angeles, United States.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hidden Engineering of Landfills | Practical Engineering | subject | Opened in 1957, it took about four million tons of trash a year at its peak and closed in 2013. |
The Hidden Engineering of Landfills — Practical Engineering (2024)
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This is the Puente Hills Landfill outside of Los Angeles, California. The first truckload of trash was dumped here in 1957, and the trucks just kept coming.
- Role: subject
- In the video: Opened in 1957, it took about four million tons of trash a year at its peak and closed in 2013. It has a gas-to-energy facility running since 1987 powering around 70,000 homes, and plans to become a park with trails, biking, slides and gardens.
- Why it matters: It frames the video as an example of how landfill engineering changed, from a hole in the ground to a highly engineered one, and how closed landfills can be reused.