Centralia Landfills
The Centralia Landfill Site is one of the thirty-three (33) abandoned landfills that no longer accept waste but were never properly closed. During 1998, Illinois EPA identified these orphaned landfill sites as critical environmental problems that need to be addressed. Governor George H. Ryan and Illinois lawmakers responded in spring 1999 by including $50 million in the Illinois FIRST program for addressing problems posed by these abandoned landfills.