washington university fall 2010
"decomposing st. louis"
with the rapidly approaching close of milam landfill in madison county Illinois, the city of st. louis will be forced
to haul its trash an extra 43 miles southeast to marissa, illinois to a landfill currently under development.
current refuse collection vehicles can travel approximately 2.8 miles per each gallon of diesel fuel. since the
new waste receiving site will accept, sort, and treat waste appropriately each garbage truck will travel about 80
miles less per day saving nearly 30 gallons of fuel per day, per truck. milam landfill intakes between 6-8,000
tons of refuse per day using roughly 70 trucks, twice that of the average landfill. the new collection center would
eradicate the need for using 21,000 gallons of diesel fuel per day.
in addition to the environmental impact of fuel savings the new refuse collection center primarily serves to sort
trash, decompose waste, and generate energy through methane production and harvest. secondarily, it serves to
educate the public, create jobs, and activate the current landfill site.
the project aims to redevelop the current landfill site into a park with areas of program and to create a building to
house the refuse drop-off, processing, and administrative offices of waste management. the didactic component
comes from a visual connection between the trash and the park goers.
"decomposing st. louis"
with the rapidly approaching close of milam landfill in madison county Illinois, the city of st. louis will be forced
to haul its trash an extra 43 miles southeast to marissa, illinois to a landfill currently under development.
current refuse collection vehicles can travel approximately 2.8 miles per each gallon of diesel fuel. since the
new waste receiving site will accept, sort, and treat waste appropriately each garbage truck will travel about 80
miles less per day saving nearly 30 gallons of fuel per day, per truck. milam landfill intakes between 6-8,000
tons of refuse per day using roughly 70 trucks, twice that of the average landfill. the new collection center would
eradicate the need for using 21,000 gallons of diesel fuel per day.
in addition to the environmental impact of fuel savings the new refuse collection center primarily serves to sort
trash, decompose waste, and generate energy through methane production and harvest. secondarily, it serves to
educate the public, create jobs, and activate the current landfill site.
the project aims to redevelop the current landfill site into a park with areas of program and to create a building to
house the refuse drop-off, processing, and administrative offices of waste management. the didactic component
comes from a visual connection between the trash and the park goers.
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