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Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, more colloquially known as Mount Rumpke or Rumpke Mountain, is one of the largest landfills in the United States located in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, north of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is owned by Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc. and occupies over 230 acres (93 ha) of a 440-acre (180 ha) tract of land that the company owns.[1] The landfill receives 2 million tons (2×106 kg) of household and industrial wastes annually.[2]
Mount Rumpke is 1,075 feet (328 m) above sea level and the highest landform in Hamilton County, Ohio, clearly visible from U.S. Route 27.[1][3] It is the largest landfill in the state of Ohio[3] and the sixth largest in the United States.[4]
- ^ a b James McNair (September 26, 2002). "Mount Rumpke's owners squeezed space: Approval pace proving glacial". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
- ^ The Center For Land Use Interpretation. "Rumpke Landfill". Retrieved 2008-01-07.
- ^ a b Frank Scholle; Don Linz (19 May 2010). Colerain Township. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 116–118. ISBN 978-0-7385-8433-1. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ Helman, Christopher (13 October 2010). "America's Biggest Landfills - Forbes.com". Forbes. Retrieved 31 March 2012.