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Bookmark or Share- How Landfills Work - HowStuffWorksIn this article, we will examine waste management, including how landfills are built, what happens to the trash in landfills, what problems are associated with landfills and how these problems are solved.
- Landfill - WikipediaLandfills take up a lot of land and pose environmental risks. Some landfill sites are used for waste management purposes, such as temporary storage, consolidation and transfer, or for various stages of processing waste material, such as sorting, treatment, or recycling.
- Causes, Effects and Solutions to Landfills - Conserve Energy ...Landfills are sites designated for dumping rubbish, garbage, or other types of solid waste. Historically, they are the most common means of disposing of solid waste, involving either the burial of waste or allowing it to accumulate in large mounds.
- Landfills | US EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTo provide information on landfills, including laws/regulations, and technical guidance on municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, industrial, PCBs, and construction and debris landfills. To provide resources for owners and operators of landfills.
- Basic Information about Landfills | US EPALandfills are located, designed, operated and monitored to ensure compliance with federal regulations. They are also designed to protect the environment from contaminants, which may be present in the waste stream.
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