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In chi.general wrote:
: yes, in funniness, that is what you smell as you drive along Willow Rd.

: actually, it is a garbage dump along Willow Rd, just outside of where
: Glenview Naval Air Station was. that garbage dumo was there before
: 'The Glen'

: I don't know about currently, but when I lived there, there were these
: little torches lit along the 'hills' where i guess all the garbage was
: buried. IIRC, they were little pipes or whatever, that let the methane
: escape and burn so it wouldn't all go kaboom.

I haven't driven up there recently, but other dumps i've seen have removed
the torches and instead run the methane in small power generators, so at
least it's not just a wasted burn.

: I'd imagine now, since THE GLEN is there, instead of the Naval Air
: Station, there is a lot MORE suburban waste being generated, perhaps
: adding to the size & smell of that garbage dump along Willow Rd.

I think in addition to not burning the methane straight out, they put few
inches of topsoil on the ground and now they have a nice grass covered golf
course... that probably eliminated most of the smell.

--
John Nelson
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