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Why cant all of the material from the GCR/IHC go to a landfill?

April 26, 2017gcr ihc Landfill material

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Why cant all of the material from the GCR/IHC go to a landfill?

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The volume that will be dredged at the East Chicago Sediment Remediation Demonstration Project site is very small compared to the volume at the GCR/IHC sites. The volume at the demonstration project site is 3000 cy; a dredged volume this small can feasibly be transported and disposed of at a commercial landfill. The volume at the Indiana Harbor site is 5 million cy, a volume approximately 2000 times that at the demonstration project site. The logistics and cost of disposing of the GCR/IHC area volume of sediment from the GCR/IHC sites at a commercial landfill are not practical. 4.