Clean Fill Approved for Arizona Pit

Waste Management plans to fill pit with C&D debris.

As part of a pre-annexation agreement, the Town Council of Florence, Ariz., has agreed to allow Waste Management (WM) to fill the pit in front of the Ironwood Landfill with construction and demolition debris, according to a report in the Casa Grande Valley News (Casa Grande, Ariz.).

 

The agreement specifies that the pit will be filled with material that may include C&D debris, landscaping rubble, vegetative waste and similar material, but not any industrial material, liquid or anything deemed hazardous, according to the report.

 

Filling the pit is an alternative to a proposal made two years ago by WM to expand the Ironwood Landfill into the pit. The Casa Grande Valley News reports that once the pit is filled, WM will plant trees and native grasses on the landfill surface.