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New York is running out of room for its waste even with Statue of Liberty-sized landfill

One company is proposing elongating the life of the dump, pungent smell and all, several more decades As a visual representation of how New York is running out of places to put its waste, the largest active landfill in the state is a striking one.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 13, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC

The landfill, situated in the scenic Finger Lakes region in the northern reaches of New York state, has grown since the 1980s to now sprawl across 350 acres of deposited trash, mounded up to the height of around 300ft – roughly the same height of the Statue of Liberty.

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