MOE Pressures AbitibiBowater to Close Margach landfill

Pressure is being put on AbitibiBowater to de-commission an old landfill site in Kenora.

The Margach Waste Disposal Site hasn't been in use ever since the company closed the local newsprint mill back in 2005.

Ministry of the Environment spokesperson, Lisa Brygidr says they've gone to the courts to force Abitibi to de-commission the landfill.

The MOE is worried that phosphorous from the old landfill site could eventually leach into Laurenson's Lake, which drains into Lake of the Woods.