hi! other responses are more than welcome, but you can get started on some very brief info in this thread
This is a map of West Berlin. As you can see theres quite a bit of open area in it. It wasnt 100% building. Thus, airlift or no airlift, there was definitely some space if required.
http://37.media.tumblr.com/1365591fac83d4054aa503a713bfa701/tumblr_mpbz06iPB21qzs1dro1_1280.jpg
Furthermore. This page here has substantial detail on the issue in its first paragraph. http://www.berlin.de/mauer/mauerweg/schoenefeld_lichtenrade/index.en.php
I used "west berlin garbage dump" in google to find it. to find it. Dörferblick seems to be a garbage hill from around that era.