MIRAMAR — San Diego officials have approved the City of Miramar to add another layer of garbage onto it’s landfill. The landfill is now visible from various parts of the city and shows up as a landmark on Google Earth. It now rises 60 feet high and has a Starbucks on the second story.
The main concern of enabling the landfill to increase in height is that wind can easily blow toxic elements into air, which have been known to cause mutations and changes to our DNA.
If there’s one main reason that’s influencing the local government to continue to stack garbage, it’s the fact that the landfill is a money-making machine. It nets $50 million a year by charging dumping fees and is considered a crucial driving force of Miramar’s economy, along with bad furniture stores and unlicensed mechanics.
It takes in about 1.2 million tons of trash a year and accepts all sorts of garbage varying from soda cans to unused Chargers season tickets.
Without approval for further expansion, the landfill is expected to run out of space in 2012. Officials are now scouting new parts of San Diego to store hazardous waste after it closes. Mira Mesa or Kearny Mesa are on the short list of areas.
“Those are obvious choices for new dumping sites – garbage will blend in with those areas. No one will even notice,” said Councilman Lou Reed, a planner at San Diego’s Environmental Services Department.
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