Site History

The former Dummer Yard Landfill’s history spans more than a century of pulp and papermaking waste disposal. However, since the local papermills filed for bankruptcy in 2002, the site has been abandoned, left without proper maintenance or environmental safeguards. The previous owner’s maintenance fund has been depleted, and local property taxes have not been collected in over a decade.

The property’s poorly protected and contaminated disposal areas were never properly capped, enduring more than 20 years of exposure to stormwater that has left a legacy of deterioration to groundwater quality and to the gas and leachate management systems. In its current condition, the former Dummer Yard landfill is an environmental liability.