Scientist dredges up way to put topsoil to good use
By Paul Wood
Sunday November 11, 2007
John Dixon
John Marlin, a senior scientist at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' Waste Management and Research Center, walks across the spongy surface of week-old sediment at the Pekin Landfill.
EAST PEORIA – Some of the best soil in the world washes into the Illinois River every day, where it clogs shipping and recreational channels.
Elsewhere in Illinois, developers pay good money to have soil dug out and moved by trucks to their sites.
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