residential pickup services. GFL Environmental from Pickering, Ontario began to service the city west of Yonge Street and east of Etobicoke. In October 2011, the city nor contractors have indicated if current waste staff will be hired back to work on the two contracts, but in December GFL acquired Turtle Island Recycling and took over the remaining term of the former contract from December 2011 and will be replaced by Miller Waste Systems beginning in 2015. Landfills There are 160 former dumps located within the former city of Toronto and former Metro Toronto area but most have been redeveloped in the 20th Century: Harper's Dump - located in what is Greenwood Subway Yard and used during the 1930s Riverdale Park - used for a single year in 1960 By the later 20th Century Toronto and previously Metro Toronto have used a number of sites mostly close to the city to handle solid waste collected: Keele Valley Landfill - former landfill owned and used by Metro Toronto from 1983 (Toronto since 1998 to 2002) to deal with waste from all municipalities that now make up Toronto. Now sits idle until 2028 when re-development can commence. Britannia Landfill - former landfill in Mississauga, Ontario took Metro Toronto and Toronto waste. Closed in 2002. Beare Road Landfill - former Metro Toronto landfill from 1967 to 1983 located in Scarborough. Brock Road Landfills - former landfill used by Metro Toronto from 1975 to 1990s in neighbouring communities of Pickering and Ajax. By the late 1980s and 1990s the locate site were near capacity forcing authorities to look beyond for landfill to take their waste: Adams Mine - former iron ore pit mine that was slated to take Toronto waste in the 1990s, but rejected by then Metro Toronto council. Green Lane landfill - landfill near London, Ontario and purchased by Toronto in 2006 to handle waste from the city. Carleton Farms Landfill - landfill in Wayne County, Michigan that accepted Toronto's garbage from 2002 to 2006. See also Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited - paper recycler in China that has accepted recycled paper collected from Toronto, Ontario. Garbology Historical digging Dump digging Landfills in the United States References Landfills in Canada Municipal government of Toronto