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Landfills
Incineration/Combustion
Types: Recovery and Recycling
Plasma Gasification
Landfill
Is a site for the disposal of
waste materials by burial
and the oldest form of waste
treatment
Most common method of
organized waste disposal
and remain so in many
places around the world
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Operations Confine waste
to as small an
Compact
waste to
Cover waste
with layer of soil
area as reduce volume
possible
Most efficient way to dispose waste
Can be monitored at a specific place
Advantages Landfill gas can be upgraded to natural
gas
Fewer fixed cost
Infrastructure disruption
Leachateground water
Disadvantages contamination
Dangerous gases
Infections
Incineration