You­ have just finished your meal a

You­ have just finished your meal at a fast food restaurant and you throw your uneaten food, food wrappers, drink cup, utensils and napkins into the trash can. You don't think about that waste again. On trash pickup day in your neighborhood, you push your can out to the curb, and workers dump the contents into a big truck and haul it away. You don't have to think about that waste again, either. But maybe you have wondered, as you watch the trash truck pull away, just where that garbage ends up.
Americans generate trash at an astonishing rate of 4.6 pounds (2.1 kilograms) per day per person, which translates to 251 million tons (228 million metric tons) per year [source: EPA]. This is almost twice as much trash per person as most other major countries. What happens to this trash? Some gets recycled or recovered and some is burned, but the majority is buried in landfills. In this article, we will examine how a landfill is made, what happens to the trash in landfills, what problems are associated with a landfill and how these problems are solved.

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Jy het net klaar jou ete by 'n kitskos restaurant en jy gooi jou uneaten kos, omhulsels, drink beker, eetgerei en servette in die asblik kan. Jy hoef nie oor daardie afval dink weer. Op asblik bakkie dag in jou omgewing, kan jy druk jou blikkie uit na die randsteen en werkers stort die inhoud in 'n groot vragmotor en sleep dit weg. Jy hoef nie om weer te dink oor wat woes is, óf. Maar miskien het jy al gewonder, as jy kyk na die asblik vragmotor trek weg, net waar daardie gemors beland.
Amerikaners Genereer asblik teen 'n verstommende tempo van £ 4,6 (2,1 kg) per dag per persoon, wat vertaal tot 251 miljoen ton (228,000,000. metrieke ton) per jaar [Bron: EPA]. Dit is byna twee keer soveel asblik per persoon as die meeste ander groot lande. Wat gebeur met hierdie asblik? Sommige kry herwin of herstel en 'n paar verbrand word, maar die meerderheid is begrawe in stortingsterreine. In hierdie artikel, sal ons ondersoek hoe 'n stortingsterrein is gemaak, wat gebeur na die asblik in stortingsterreine, wat probleme wat verband hou met 'n stort en hoe hierdie probleme opgelos word.