Landfill Activity
1. What are the types of solid waste that Americans throw away and which are the most abundant?
Food scraps, paper, glass, metals, plastics, rubber, leather, textiles, wood, yard trimmings are types of solid wastes Americans throw away.
2. What can we do with our waste?
We can reduce the amount of urban and other waste that must be disposed of in landfills. Urban refuse disposed in landfills or are incinerated can be reduced by 50% to 70%.
3. You are building a new landfill in Freemont and you want the best location possible. What are three (3) considerations you need to make before you begin construction?
Topography, location of groundwater table and amount of precipitation are 3 factors that are considered before constructing a landfill.
4. When you are building a landfill and you have cleared a parcel of land, what are the steps in building your landfill? Now build it!
Liners & Leachate Collection Systems are first created. You have to monitor the movement of groundwater and the movement of leachate and gases.
5. Now your landfill is operational. What is the procedure for filling the landfill and closing it? How do you know when the landfill is full?
You fill in the landfill with a liner system, storm water drainage system, leachate collection system, methane collection system and the cover. You know when the landfill is full when you put in waste and the waste falls.
6. Your landfill has been capped off. What do you do to monitor your landfill?
To monitor landfill, there are stations near the thing you want to monitor. There are many types of monitors, such as groundwater, leachate and gas.
Food scraps, paper, glass, metals, plastics, rubber, leather, textiles, wood, yard trimmings are types of solid wastes Americans throw away.
2. What can we do with our waste?
We can reduce the amount of urban and other waste that must be disposed of in landfills. Urban refuse disposed in landfills or are incinerated can be reduced by 50% to 70%.
3. You are building a new landfill in Freemont and you want the best location possible. What are three (3) considerations you need to make before you begin construction?
Topography, location of groundwater table and amount of precipitation are 3 factors that are considered before constructing a landfill.
4. When you are building a landfill and you have cleared a parcel of land, what are the steps in building your landfill? Now build it!
Liners & Leachate Collection Systems are first created. You have to monitor the movement of groundwater and the movement of leachate and gases.
5. Now your landfill is operational. What is the procedure for filling the landfill and closing it? How do you know when the landfill is full?
You fill in the landfill with a liner system, storm water drainage system, leachate collection system, methane collection system and the cover. You know when the landfill is full when you put in waste and the waste falls.
6. Your landfill has been capped off. What do you do to monitor your landfill?
To monitor landfill, there are stations near the thing you want to monitor. There are many types of monitors, such as groundwater, leachate and gas.