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The simple answer is that it does! Everything decomposes eventually. Unfortunately, many household, commercial and industrial waste products are made from materials that take an awfully long time to decompose; plastic for example. Some types of plastic can take up to 50,000 years to decompose fully! Other waste items such as tin foil can take upward of 100,000 years! Even with the (comparatively recent) advent of recycling, much of the waste that gets assigned to landfill is, indeed recyclable. This is partly because so many recycling plants are already operating at full capacity, or are governed by strict input / output quotients. Of course, despite what the governments of the world would have us believe, it is often cheaper to export waste to landfill sites abroad than it is to recycle it domestically.
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What is the primary function of a landfil?
The primary function of a landfill is to decompose trash
What does landfill safe mean?
It means that a landfill, is nolonger filled with trash!
What ends up in landfill?
alot of trash end up into the landfill.......
How do you make a landfill?
Landfill is made by a lot of trash in a certain place.
What is landfilling?
A lot of trash in a landfill or a place where they put trash
What is overcrowded landfills?
A lot of trash in a landfill or a place where they put trash
How much trash is in a landfill?
Depends on the landfill. Sort of like how much water is in a lake.
Where does the trash go?
to a big pile of trash that is organized by a company and it is called a landfill.
Why do they bury the trash in a landfill?
Primarily to add more trash. When the landfill is full, it will be covered with clay and dirt. It will likely become a park and hopefully any contaminates from the trash will remained trapped there forever.
How long does trash stay in a landfill?
one week
Find a picture of a landfill?
A landfill photo is available in the links. If you key "landfill" in to Google and click images, you will be rewarded with a page of landfill photographs. The KKK is a landfill that takes only poor white trash.
Is trash cleaned before it gets put in a landfill?
Over time, trash in landfills decomposes. The rate of decomposition varies based on the material, moisture and amount of oxygen. Landfill operators try to maximize the compaction of the material in a landfill threfore reducing the available oxygen available for the decomposition process. When the trash decomposes, methane gas is released. The amount of gas has to be controlled by venting or capturing it to avoid underground fires.
