Whinnyhall Landfill Site
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Whinnyhall Landfill Site
Image: © Robert Struthers Taken: 4 Jun 2017
Whinnyhall was used to dump 'red mud', a bauxite residue left over from the aluminium works at Burntisland. The works closed in 2002 and the site, which was a source of pollution into nearby Kinghorn Loch, has since been capped and stabilised and the leachate collected, processed and diverted.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.072737
Longitude
-3.203496