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The largest landfill in the US was only 700acres after almost 60 years in operation supporting LA.

or ~1 square mile

or ~3 square kilometers

It can look like this

Thus, solving the problem once and for all!

My local landfill is at the southern end of San Francisco Bay and there really isn't anything notable about it.

The landfill here in town has a sledding hill, swimming pool, jungle gym, and a skate park. It was in the hinterlands of the town, but the town grew fast.

>and mentally extrapolate how it will look even 10 more years from now.

I did some napkin math and concluded that it's a non-issue. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38407111