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A lot of old landfills have been closed in accordance with regulations.
If done properly, they are capped, secured and monitored. Opening them up and digging around could result in dispersion of hazardous materials and more pollution to the surrounding area.
In the early 80's there was a big dump about 1/2 mile away, going down to dump stuff resulted in bringing back more than I took down. Searching through a house clearance, lifting discarded planks of wood, factory rejects in fact anything useful was fair game.
We were doing them a favour by reducing the amount of stuff at the dump but they didn't see it that way. Regulations came into effect and it was fenced off, gates erected and they employed the wee jobs-worth man.
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