MAINE PUBLIC • July 26, 2021
Maine’s largest private landfill will soon run out of storage space. As a result, state officials recently approved a 50-acre expansion of the Crossroads Landfill in Norridgewock that could open for business in three years. But the Conservation Law Foundation argues that restrictions on the project are not strong enough to prevent threats to nearby water supplies. Every year, the Crossroads Landfill takes in roughly 500,000 tons of garbage from inside and outside of Maine, including household trash, construction debris, and asbestos and other hazardous materials. CLF has appealed the expansion.