Landfills

1. How much waste does one person make a day?
-4.6 pounds
2. Of all waste created, what percentage is recycled or used as compost?
-32.5%
3. In the US, how much trash is thrown into landfills?
-55%
4. What is the difference between a dump and a landfill?
•Dump - an open hole in the ground where trash is buried and that has various animals swarming around.
•Landfill - carefully designed structure built into or on top of the ground in which trash is isolated from the surrounding environment . This isolation is accomplished with a bottom liner and daily covering of soil.
5. Why is the flow of water near a landfill important?
-You do not want excess water from the landfill draining on to neighboring property or vice versa
6. When a landfill is built, why does there have to be so much extra land surrounding the actual landfill? What is this for?
-Sanitary reasons so for it doent damage the earth.
7. Consider - considering how much trash Americans produce each year, what do you think are some potential problems that we may encounter?
-I think that there will be more pollution and the dumps and landfills would take up alot of space.