ENVS2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Municipal Solid Waste, Leachate, Nimby
29 Jun 2016
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New landfills must now be set on stable, impermeable bedrock, away from streams rivers lakes etc. Must include leachate collection system - contaminated fluids seep to bottom of landfill where they are collected by complex drainage pipes exporting often sent to poor, un-educated communities or countries ex. Dioxins, mercury, lead, cadmium, pvc need to remove batteries and plastics first for cleaner burn but expensive. Mass burn- throw everything in smaller than volkswagen. Dirty air reduction and reuse - reduce- is minimizing the amount of waste to begin with. Reuse is simply reusing an item - recycling is reprocessing discarded materials recycling - its a. Good thing glasses to glasses, rust to rust bottles may be reforged as bottles tires may be turned into roadways or sandals! benefits include more efficient use of non- renewable resources - cheaper method of waste disposal.
