Dive summary:
- Rumpke Consolidated Companies has reported a “shift in buried waste” at the Pendleton County landfill in Kentucky.
- The waste shift occurred on May 6, and spans 3 acres; it will take about three weeks to clean up the trash movement but it currently poses no health threat.
- Both the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection and Rumpke have investigated the shift, which occurred in an area where 1,200 tons of waste are currently placed every day.
From the article:
"The impacted area is on the south side of the site near where trash was actively being placed. The movement is entirely within the landfill itself and there is no health threat," the company said in a statement this afternoon.
No employees were injured and no equipment was damaged, the company said.
"The site is stable and we are committed to working with KDEP to fully investigate the cause and ensure environmental compliance during the clean-up," Landfill Manager Brad Jordan said in the statement. ...
