Waste & What You Need To Know About Landfills

When we dispose of our trash, we are simply moving it.  All garbage is sent to landfills where it piles up in large masses.  When you consider that oxygen and water are in short supply in landfills, it takes a long time for garbage to completely break down. But in this process of decomposition, new types of wastes are created. Leachate and two greenhouse gasses, carbon dioxide, and methane are created. A leachate is any liquid that, in the course of passing through matter, extracts soluble or suspended solids, or any other component of the material through which it has passed. [Read more…]