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- Landfill - Wikipedia
The term landfill is usually shorthand for a municipal landfill or sanitary landfill These facilities were first introduced early in the 20th century, but gained wide use in the 1960s and 1970s, in an effort to eliminate open dumps and other "unsanitary" waste disposal practices
- Landfill | Salt Lake County
Learn more about the landfill and hazardous waste facilities available in Salt Lake County for disposal of waste
- Basic Information about Landfills | US EPA
this page describes what a landfill is and the types of landfills that exist in the United States
- Landfills, Recycling Centers, Waste Drop-Off | WM
Looking for a landfill, trash dump or recycling center near you? WM has you covered with the largest network of trash and recycling drop off locations across North America
- How Landfills Work - HowStuffWorks
A landfill's major purpose and one of its biggest challenges is to contain the trash so that the trash doesn't cause problems in the environment The bottom liner, made of thick plastic, prevents the trash from coming in contact with the outside soil, particularly the groundwater [source: WM com]
- Landfills - National Geographic Society
Garbage trucks take our trash to a municipal solid waste landfill, a site designed to contain household trash It has specialized structures to reduce the contamination of the surrounding soil or water
- Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know - EcoWatch
In the U S , waste generated by homes and businesses is most commonly sent to landfills: huge repositories in the earth to be filled with trash and covered over
- All About Landfills: Uses, Types, and More - HWH Environmental
Landfills are sites designed to contain household trash that remain sealed to prevent any contaminants in wastewater This requires levels of clay, and flexible plastic that creates leachate to help draw out toxins from the waste Trash collectors dump the garbage into the landfill and push it down to compress the waste
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