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With its 2,200 acres of total area, New York’s Fresh Kills landfill was opened in 1947 as a temporary landfill, but eventually became New York City’s principal landfill, in the second half of the 20th century. At one point it was once the largest landfill, as well as human-made structure, in the world. Read more »