landfills are made by taking out a large mass of the earth then they fill a small amount of the inside surface area with a type of plastic material that is very durable and will not degrade nor let anything leak through over long periods of time this ditch is then vented so gases such as sulfur and methane can escape and then your trash goes into what may seem to be a very large trashbag in the earth lol but remember its always cooler to recycle than throw things away in the trash =]
Over 1,000,000.
landfills
560,000 acres are active landfills. I have no idea about old landfills
When landfills fill up, people open up new landfills.
Well people also have methane and of course garbage we made methane because we made trash
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.
the landfills are overflowing
there are 90 landfills in new zealand
There is a growing amount of landfills in the United States.
There in 90 legal landfills in New Zealand. so that means 90 landfills are allowed to be used.
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.
Both landfills and compost piles are both ways to collect trash. Landfills is very unhealthy, but composting is healthy.