Landfill
The term sanitary landfill was first used in the 1930s to refer to the compacting of solid waste materials. Initially adopted by New York City and Fresno, California, the sanitary landfill us...
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Landfill
Surface water, oceans and landfills are traditionally the main repositories for society's solid and hazardous waste. Landfills are located in excavated areas such as sand and gravel ...
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Soil Liner
One of the requirements of modern sanitary landfills is that a soil liner be placed on top of the existing soil. Liners are needed to prevent the penetration of landfill leachate into the s...
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Solid Waste Landfilling
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) defines solid waste as garbage, refuse, sludge from sewage treatment plants, ash from incinerators, mining waste, constructi...
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Tipping Fee
The fee charged by the owner or operator of a landfill for the acceptance of a unit weight or volume of solid waste for disposal, usually done by the truckload. The tipping fee is passed b...
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Landfill
A landfill is a large area of land or an excavated site that is designed and built to receive wastes. There were 3,536 active municipal landfills in the United States in 1995 according to the...
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Many people live their lives unaware of an accumulating danger that threatens the human lifestyle and existence. America creates more trash than any other nation on the planet. We as Americans are ...
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