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Dimmer landfill was opened in 1970 by Somerset County Council and was operated directly by them until responsibility was passed to Wyvern Waste Services Limited (WWS). WWS was a LAWDC (Local Authority Waste Disposal Company) formed by Somerset County Council in 1991; the assets at Dimmer were passed to WWS in 1992. | |||
Somerset County Council sold its LAWDC to Viridor in 2006, the company name subsequently changing to Viridor Waste (Somerset) Limited in June 2006. | |||
Some of the land used by the site was previously used as a ordnance dump during the second world war by the US military; very limited evidence of the former use is still visible on the site. Otherwise the land occupied by the site has historically been agricultural land. | |||
The site is comprised of two principal parts - the original site and the extension area, but to all intents and purposes, the two sites are operated as one site. | |||
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