sanitary landfill: Quick Facts

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Side-by-side diagrams compare the trench and area methods of constructing a sanitary landfill, showing waste collection trucks and bulldozers layering compacted solid waste with daily and final earth covers on original ground, with labeled parts but without liners or leachate systems.

Cross-sectional diagram of a secure hazardous-waste landfill showing layers of soil, liners, and gravel, with blue hazardous-waste drums inside a containment area. Arrows illustrate water flow and leachate collection pipes beneath the landfill, while a monitoring well extends to groundwater. An inset details the cap layers: vegetation, topsoil, gravel and sand, liner, clay, and sandy silt.

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