What are advantages of burying waste in landfill sites?

Answer 1

(Another contributor wrote

Landfills are engineered waste disposal systems that have largely replaced rubbish tips or dumps. The modern landfill is engineered to prevent loss of leachate and gases to the environment. It features impermeable membranes under it to prevent liquid leachate, segregated areas for hazardous waste, and a comprehensive monitoring program.

Landfill Advantages

• A specific location for disposal that can be monitored.
• When a landfill is complete, it can be reclaimed, built on or used as parks or farming land.
• Waste going to a properly designed landfills can be processed to removeall recyclable materials before tipping.
• Waste going to a properly designed landfills can be processed to remove organic material and use it for compost or natural gas (methane) production.
• Properly managed landfills can capture the natural gas (methane) produced by the decomposing material underground.
• Properly managed landfills can minimize and/orcapture the leachate produced by the decomposing material underground.

Landfill gases are a renewable source of energy

Despite what others say, landfills provide the USA with more money, as it is the cheapest form of waste disposal

The old landfills provide us with public parks

Landfills provide microorganisms with food and us with oxygen and carbon dioxide

landfills give people jobs!!

stores trash

Answer 2

It is important because if we do not have landfill,where do we throw our garbage?in the beautiful places?

Answer 3

large toe nail clippings get hidden including King Kong`s :)