[OSM-talk] Quarry or construction?

[John Smith]

On 15 May 2010 18:42, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, I guess the giveaway is the loaded truck entering off Old Dandenong Rd.
>
> OTOH, to the east of that road are a few piles of different kinds of dirt:
> http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-37.952009,145.101886&z=19&t=h&nmd=20100416
>
> So I guess there's a quarry and a landfill?

Depends what they're doing with the site, in recent years many
landfill sites near large population centres have been turned into
waste transfer stations and turf grown on top of any existing waste.

Although that site still seems pretty active if you look to the north
west of that location:

http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-37.946294,145.092748&z=19&t=h&nmd=20100416

You can see what appears to be waste, and dozers and other heavy
machinery tending to it.

Also this area:

http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-37.946763,145.089066&z=20&t=h&nmd=20100416

Could be a recycling section.

Due to all the potential hazardous waste dumped in past years most
landfills aren't suitable for much else unless they're properly
cleaned up first.