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An alternative to landfills is recycling. Glass, aluminum and steel cans, and many kinds of plastics can be reused. It takes far less energy to make a can from returned material than it does to make it from scratch.
Food, garden waste and organic material can all be diverted to compost and worm farms. People can be educated and encouraged to have their own compost bins and worm farms where possible.
There has to be a major educational blitz so that people know how and what to recycle. Local authorities and councils have to establish easy ways of collecting and sorting recyclable material and sending it back to where it can be used again. This is easiest with glass and aluminum cans, but plastics are much more difficult.
There may have to be laws passed to force people to recycle, as the cost of having landfills becomes too much.
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What are the benefits of biomass?
the benefits of biomass are reduced air polution,reduced use of landfills and reduced risk of wildfire
Would the number of landfills be reduced if you threw away less trash?
Probably not.
How many acres in the US are landfills?
560,000 acres are active landfills. I have no idea about old landfills
What will happen if landfills fill up?
When landfills fill up, people open up new landfills.
What is happening to Americas landfills?
the landfills are overflowing
How many landfills in New Zealand?
there are 90 landfills in new zealand
How do you use landfills in a sentence?
There is a growing amount of landfills in the United States.
How many legal landfills in New Zealand?
There in 90 legal landfills in New Zealand. so that means 90 landfills are allowed to be used.
How many sanitary landfills exist in the Philippines?
The number of sanitary landfills in the Philippines is about 960. Out of these 960 sanitary landfills, 936 are open and controlled dump sites.There about 960 sanitary landfills in the Philippines. Out of this, it is estimated that over 935 sanitary landfills are controlled and open dump sites.
How are landfills and compost piles the same?
Both landfills and compost piles are both ways to collect trash. Landfills is very unhealthy, but composting is healthy.
How many landfills are in Maine?
According to the state's Web site, there are approximately 50 active landfills in the State of Maine. An interactive map revealed that there are about 200 including the inactive landfills. The bulk of these landfills are in the southern part of the state.
What does landfills means in Afrikaans?
Landfills may be translated in Afrikaans asgrondopvullings (when refering to the process)oropvullingsmateriaal (when refering to the materials used for the landfills).A landfill site is anopvullingsterrein.
