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Sondermülldeponie Kölliken was in use from 1978 to 1985. Which was an as big disaster as the older one in Bonfol.
https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/prob...unter-der-erde https://www.beobachter.ch/burger-ver...gift-unter-uns https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/sanieru...raums/42490056
The landfill site in question is quite big
https://geoview.bl.ch/main/wsgi/?wfs...kbs=2762910027
Here an aerial image from around 2000:
https://geoview.bl.ch/?map_x=2608543...er%20Standorte
It looks like it was a originally a clay pit used by the brickworks (Ziegelei) which was filled up
Here a slider view today vs. the map from around 1976 which shows the fullest extend of the clay pit. Each brown light indicated a height difference of 10 meters.
https://map.geo.admin.ch/?time=None&...ipe_ratio=0.49
My biggest concern would be more the stability of the site than what might be buried there.
It looks like they plan to build more and more towards the edge.
https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/baselbi...eli-134571805#
Picture from 1937
https://api3.geo.admin.ch/luftbilder...2733.74&zoom=3
Picture from 1954
https://api3.geo.admin.ch/luftbilder...4403.39&zoom=5
Picture from 1964
https://api3.geo.admin.ch/luftbilder...3275.00&zoom=5
Picture from 1976
https://api3.geo.admin.ch/luftbilder...4578.90&zoom=6
Picture from 1982
https://api3.geo.admin.ch/luftbilder...1907.43&zoom=6
Picture from 1988
https://api3.geo.admin.ch/luftbilder...1948.73&zoom=6
Picture from 1994
https://api3.geo.admin.ch/luftbilder...3521.80&zoom=6