Request to expand California landfill sent to state for approval

An information meeting that took place May 28 is one of the final steps before plans to expand the Miramar Landfill in San Diego are sent to the state of California, reports 10News.

Currently, the landfill is expected to close September of 2025, but these new plans will extend that to an estimated closure of November of 2031, and also increase the height of the landfill by a maximum of 25 feet. Program Manager for the Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) Bill Prinz said these dates could change depending on how quickly trash is put into the landfill.

He also said this increase in capacity means about 10 million cubic yards of trash are being added to the already about 87 million cubic yards. Currently, 87,760,000 cubic yards of Gross Airspace are being used, and the plan will bring the maximum height to 97,354,7355 cubic yards of Gross Airspace.

Prinz said the LEA will send the plans, including the feedback from the meeting, to Sacramento, and the state will have 60 days to either accept or deny the plan. He said he does not expect them to deny it.