Landfill
A landfill is a place where waste is kept. Waste is usually buried in landfills, but it may first be sorted to remove any recyclable materials.
Landfills have a bad smell and look bad, therefore are usually located far away from where people live.
Once the waste is crushed into very small pieces, it is buried, but without oxygen, a dangerous gas called methane is created. This process is called anaerobic digestion. In some countries, the methane from landfills is used to generate energy.
Large landfills in the United States
Roosevelt Regional Landfill, Roosevelt, Washington.[1]
Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site, Aurora, Colorado.[2]
Columbia Ridge Landfill, Arlington, Oregon.[3]
Pine Tree Acres, Lenox, Michigan.[4]
Other large landfills
Landfill Media
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One of several landfills used by Dryden, Ontario, Canada
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Garbage dumped in the middle of a road in Karachi, Pakistan
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This diagram of a sanitary landfill shows the parts. The methane gas recovery system collects methane produced by anaerobic decomposition. The methane generates heat and electricity. The liner is a clay/plastic liner preventing leaking of pollutants. The leachate collection collects leachate for treatment and disposal.
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Landfill operation in Hawaii. The area being filled is a single, well-defined "cell" and a protective landfill liner is in place (exposed on the left) to prevent contamination by leachates migrating downward through the underlying geological formation.
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Waste disposal in Athens, Greece
- A herd of 40 wild elephants at Ampara in east Sri Lanka is totally dependent on garbage from tractors DSC8792.jpg
A group of wild elephants interacting with a trash dump in Sri Lanka
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Solar arrays on a full landfill in Rehoboth, MA
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A landfill in Perth, Western Australia
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South East New Territories Landfill, Hong Kong
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The Rusko landfill in Oulu, Finland
References
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