As of 2022, the Apex Regional Landfill located near Las Vegas, Nevada was the largest landfill in the United States in terms of design capacity, with a capacity of nearly one billion tons of waste. The Apex Regional disposal site had more than double the capacity of the ECDC Environmental Landfill in Utah, which was the second-largest landfill in terms of design capacity that year.
Largest municipal solid waste landfills in the United States in 2022, by design capacity (in million tons)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (August 31, 2022). Largest municipal solid waste landfills in the United States in 2022, by design capacity (in million tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360264/us-largest-landfills-by-capacity/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Largest municipal solid waste landfills in the United States in 2022, by design capacity (in million tons) ." Chart. August 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360264/us-largest-landfills-by-capacity/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2022). Largest municipal solid waste landfills in the United States in 2022, by design capacity (in million tons) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360264/us-largest-landfills-by-capacity/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Largest Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in The United States in 2022, by Design Capacity (in Million Tons) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360264/us-largest-landfills-by-capacity/
Environmental Protection Agency, Largest municipal solid waste landfills in the United States in 2022, by design capacity (in million tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360264/us-largest-landfills-by-capacity/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Largest municipal solid waste landfills in the United States in 2022, by design capacity (in million tons) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, August 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360264/us-largest-landfills-by-capacity/