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No. The soil layer over the land fill itself is too thin to be useful for growing crops on. Also, a lot of garbage will be churned up with tillage. Not to mention a lot of hazardous material that may be found in the landfill may seep up through the soil into the plants which can make for either low yields or some very sick people. Landfills shouldn't be turned into pasture either because of these same hazards: garbage being turned up and hazardous wastes. Landfills are better off being turned into Golf courses, suburban areas or, in some areas, wildlife habitat. But never cropland.
Over a period of about 10,000 years, the landfill will probably decompose and settle into something that should be usable as farmland. However, many of these processes are not well enough understood yet to guarantee that this will happen, largely due to some of the materials which have been placed in the landfills.
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How much land does landfills take up?
alot
How much land does the US use for landfills?
The area of land taken for landfill sites is about 28000 hectares. ...
How is incineration better than landfill?
its not incineration its landfills whats better. because burning them releses toxic fumes. But land fills relese a toxics called lecahte but only old landfills relese that so you chose i guess but all i am saying is that landfills are better.
What happens at a land fill?
Not too many companies want you to know what goes on at their landfills because they usually get up to very un-environmentally actions. But you are more likely to find out at a library or search 'American landfills' into google and you might get something . Happy Asking (:
How do you use landfills in a sentence?
There is a growing amount of landfills in the United States.
How much land is covered in landfills?
About .02%
How big are landfills?
a land fill is 27.5tons
How much land does landfills take up?
alot
Are landfills good or bad?
Landfills are in water bodies. This means that landfills can help reduce the amount of garbage that cannot be incinerated left on land. This will reduce the unsightliness of the area, the bad smells and the land taken up, which can be used to develop other things.
How much land does the US use for landfills?
The area of land taken for landfill sites is about 28000 hectares. ...
How much trash goes to the landfills in Austin?
It depends which sort of land fill you mean. If it is a small rubbish dump on a local farm probably around 50 pieces of rubbish but if you are thinking about a major land fill, way more than 50 Billion pieces of rubbish would be in that land fill alone.
Why did farming societies control land?
Without land, there is nothing to farm. Societies that did not control land could not farm, and farming societieshad to control land in order to farm.
What method have people used to turn parts of California's desert region into rich farm land?
People have used irrigation.
How much farm land did the ancient Phoenicians have?
umm it means farm land
How much farm land in the applican reagon?
how much farm land in the applicant reagon
What is landfill covered with and why?
Landfills are filled with garbage that cannot be incinerated. Landfills can help reduce the amount of garbage that cannot be incinerated left on land. This will reduce the unsightliness of the area, the bad smells and the land taken up, which can be used to develop other things.
Where can you find farm land for farm helpers?
On farms....
