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Article: NORTH JERSEY TEEING UP FOR GOLF COURSES ON OLD LANDFILLS

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LISA GOODNIGHT, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-12-1996
NORTH JERSEY TEEING UP FOR GOLF COURSES ON OLD LANDFILLS
By LISA GOODNIGHT, Staff Writer
Date: 12-12-1996, Thursday
Section: NEWS
Edition: 5 Star, Also in 4 Star, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1 Star

First there was the landfill-grown tomato. Now there's a push to
turn former trash dumps into golf courses.

Landfill golf courses, the latest way to make trash useful, are
being hailed as the environmentally correct way to deal with these
grassy municipal eyesores.

If an Elizabeth developer has his way in Bayonne, it will be only a
matter of time before the Garden State gets its first landfill golf
course, joining ones in states including ...

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