Landfills are new ground—ground which never goes away. Landfills are excretive monuments to consumption, mounds and in-fills of unwanted, extra matter, forming a topography of excess. Here is a map of some of the major municipal landfills of the Los Angeles region. Some are closed, capped, and terraced, with erosion control, methane collection, and liquid leachate processing in place. Some predate this sort of attention. Others are still accepting waste. Works of progress, in progress.
Azusa Quarry
Badlands Landfill
BKK West Covina Landfill
Bradley Landfill
Burbank City Landfill Number 3
Calabasas Landfill
Chandler Landfill
Chiquita Canyon Landfill
Colton City Landfill
Double Butte County Park
El Sobrante Landfill
Frank R. Bowerman Landfill
Gaffey Street Landfill
High Grove Dump
Lamb Canyon Landfill
Lopez Canyon Landfill
Mid Valley Landfill
Mission Canyon Landfill
Montebello Mound
Olinda Landfill
Palos Verdes Landfill
Prima Descecha Landfill
Puente Hills Landfill
San Timoteo Landfill
Savage Canyon Landfill
Scholl Canyon Landfill
Sheldon Arleta Landfill
Simi Valley Landfill
Spadra Landfill
Sunshine Canyon Landfill
Toyon Canyon Landfill
Vulcan Pit