Noble Hill Sanitary Landfill

Springfield Environmental Services staff say current space at the Noble Hill Sanitary Landfill will be filled by 2075. Their providing tours to educate the community. Monday, Springfield City Council approved a $24 million expansion.

The proposed project would provide years of increased capacity at Noble Hill Sanitary Landfill, which expects to take in some 1,075 tons of trash per day.

The City of Springfield will offer guided tours this month.

Springfield's Noble Hill landfill turns 50 years old this year. The amount of trash flowing into the dump each day has roughly doubled since 2013.

Meanwhile, Springfield City Council wants to consider revamping the city’s patchwork of 17 privately-owned trash haulers.