Landfill
In the world we live in today we are producing more and more waste and it has come to appoint where we must find the best method of disposing it. There are many methods currently being used such as incinerating our waste, recycling it or simply storing and piling it up, what we need to identify is the best method of disposing waste. One method of disposing waste is through landfills. A landfill is a site for disposing waste materials by burials. This is the oldest method of disposing waste. It is used a lot in many countries as temporary storage, consolidation and transfer. We can categorize landfill sites into hazardous waste landfills and non-hazardous waste landfills.
In non-hazardous waste landfills there are a few specifications applied by which the wastes are: confined to as small an area as possible, compacted to reduce their volume, covered
(daily) with layers of soil, include a composite liner, include a leachate collection and removal system and monitor groundwater. Each landfill is designed to handle particular waste streams such as: hazardous waste and municipal solid waste will be separated. The landfill is permitted or licensed for particular kinds of waste and therefore cannot accept all waste. Household hazardous waste such as: paints, cleaners/chemicals, motor oil, batteries and pesticides are a few common examples.
Landfills are mainly filled with paper, then yard waste, then plastic and everything else.
Burying waste in landfill sites such as quarries and mines or specially excavated sites is a safer form This is a non-hazardous a site. piling up waste onto vacant land. Landfill waste is of disposal of waste than just normally compacted with bulldozers and covered with soil at the end of each day. The covering
Chavez, Erika. Frank R. Bowerman Landfill. 2010. Photograph. Bee Canyon Road and of waste with soil prevents pests such as Register. 7 Jan. 2010.
Portola Parkway on Irvine’s Northern Border. Orange
In non-hazardous waste landfills there are a few specifications applied by which the wastes are: confined to as small an area as possible, compacted to reduce their volume, covered
(daily) with layers of soil, include a composite liner, include a leachate collection and removal system and monitor groundwater. Each landfill is designed to handle particular waste streams such as: hazardous waste and municipal solid waste will be separated. The landfill is permitted or licensed for particular kinds of waste and therefore cannot accept all waste. Household hazardous waste such as: paints, cleaners/chemicals, motor oil, batteries and pesticides are a few common examples.
Landfills are mainly filled with paper, then yard waste, then plastic and everything else.
Burying waste in landfill sites such as quarries and mines or specially excavated sites is a safer form This is a non-hazardous a site. piling up waste onto vacant land. Landfill waste is of disposal of waste than just normally compacted with bulldozers and covered with soil at the end of each day. The covering
Chavez, Erika. Frank R. Bowerman Landfill. 2010. Photograph. Bee Canyon Road and of waste with soil prevents pests such as Register. 7 Jan. 2010.
Portola Parkway on Irvine’s Northern Border. Orange