taylor road landfill

TAYLOR RD

The 42-acre site is located approximately seven miles east of Tampa in eastern Hillsborough County, Florida. The site is part of a larger 252-acre county property that contains three closed landfills. The site includes one of the three landfills. Residential, commercial and agricultural land uses surround the site. The nearest residence is approximately 1,000 feet northwest of the site. From 1975 until 1980, Hillsborough County operated a solid waste landfill at the site. In February 1980, the landfill reached capacity and operations moved to the landfill next to the site. In 1983, EPA listed the site on the NPL. EPA awarded Hillsborough County the 2010 EPA Region 4 Excellence in Site Reuse award for creatively reusing the site to serve multiple purposes that benefit the community. Hillsborough County established a recycling center, a community collection center, a household chemical/electronics collection center, a site maintenance facility and an environmental field office at the site. The County also uses a portion of the landfill to grow hay for erosion control. In addition, Hillsborough County collaborated with the Tampa Radio-Control Aircraft Club and the Academy of Model Aeronautics to build a model airplane park that includes a paved runway and covered working areas. Hillsborough County also collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy on a study to evaluate using methane from landfills as a renewable energy source, providing valuable information on using landfill gas for power generation.

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