DeKalb County is closing part of its municipal landfill. County officials say it’s because it’s reaching capacity.
Residents living about a mile away in the Rock Mill neighborhood have complained for years about the size of the landfill and its unbearable fumes.
Entering the neighborhood, the Seminole landfill looks like a mountain as it towers over the tree line. Resident Joies Cox describes it as “a monster” that’s “covering half the sky.”
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