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Why is garbage covered with layers of earth of earth at landfills?
Because of too much garbage on the earth.
Do landfills smell?
Landfills are buried garbage. The smell of the garbage moves through the soil and that is why they stink.
How much paper ends up in landfills?
25%
What percent of garbage is placed into landfills?
21%
Where does garbage go in New York?
Landfills
Is most garbage biodegradable?
No, that is why it goes to landfills and is not recycled.
How do sanitary landfills limit the amount of pollution?
Landfills use chemicals to break down material but pollution is based really on how much we see. So landfills solve the problem by putting our garbage in places that are useless for anything else.
What are big holes in the ground for storing garbage called?
Landfills.
What is 'waste management recycling'?
The term "waste management recycling" refers to a set of services that incorporates diverting as much garbage as possible to be recycled. Plastic, paper, aluminum and glass are all the most common items that can be diverted from landfills.
How much paper ends up in a landfill?
Approximately 35-40% of the waste in landfills is paper and cardboard. Recycling paper is important to reduce the amount of paper waste that ends up in landfills, as it can take a long time to decompose and contributes to methane emissions.
Most garbage doesn't get recycled how is waste usually disposed of?
Landfills
Why should you reduce the amount of garbage you produce?
The space for landfills is running out.
