1. Day-Tripping to the Landfill:
Eagle Cove School 3rd Graders
Land at the Millersville, MD’s Landfill
& Resource Recovery Center
By Vicki Dabrowka
Third Grade Teacher, Eagle Cove School http://www.eaglecoveschool.org/
Author: The Green Team Gazette http://greenteamgazette.blogspot.com/

2. Let the Landfill
Learning Begin!
These Photos from our
previous trip to the landfill
on May 14, 2009
Notice the size of the vehicles & people.

3. Eye-Opening
More Photos from our
previous trip to the
landfill on
May 14, 2009
Plastic lined to protect the ground water…plastic chairs, cardboard,
metal and more (recyclable items) were easy to see down below.

4. The Landfill:
This Time
Around
These photos
from our recent
landfill trip on
October 21st,
2010

5. More photos from our recent landfill trip
on October 21st, 2010
The perspective was noticeable in that
the landfill was not nearly as deep as it
was a year and a half ago.

6. View from the
Top
On our October 21st
trip, we visited the
top and caught the
view, complete with
fall foliage.

7. Visiting the
Resource Recovery Facility

8. Millersville
Landfill Facts
• Covers 564.838
acres;
• Only active municipal solid waste landfill
owned by Anne Arundel County, Maryland;
• Lifespan can be extended by increased
recycling & alternative waste management
systems.

10. More Facts
• 9 total cells—7 filled
• Currently filling Cell 8;
estimated 3 years until this cell is at
maximum capacity;
• Cell 9 is the largest cell at the facility;
• Estimated to serve the county until 2030s
unless recycling rate increases/waste rates
decrease.

12. Still More Facts
• 70,000 tons of trash
are buried per year;
• 23,000 tons of material are recovered for
reuse/recycling per year;
• Landfill recycling rate = 38%
• Closed cells are capped; double liners are
used; leachate (soiled landfill runoff) is
collected; landfill is covered with dirt/
sand/mulch and re-lined nightly.

14. All photographs by Eagle Cove School Teachers from our
October 21st, 2010 and the May 14th, 2009 trip to the
Millersville Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility.
Statistics provided
from posters & displays
on these pictures
created by Anne Arundel
County’s Department of Public
Works Waste Management Service ~
Millersville Landfill & Resource Recovery Facility
Information Sheet.
To learn more, go to http://www.recyclemoreoften.com/ or
http://www.aacounty.org/DPW/WasteManagement/millersLa
ndResRec.cfm

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