Connecticut’s last major operational landfill sits on high ground overlooking the Quinebaug River in Putnam, where more than 575,000 tons of ash a year from trash-to-energy plants has built a 200-foot-high hill on some 60 acres. Wheelabrator, which owns and operates the massive landfill in cooperation...

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