LANDFILL

WHAT IS A
LANDFILL?
A landfill is a large area of land or
an excavated site that is a carefully
designed structure built into or on
top of the ground.

The garbage collected at the

landfill is isolated from the
surrounding environment with a
 LANDFILL IMPACTS
A large number of impacts may occur from
landfill operations. These impacts can
include:

Injuries to wildlife
Infrastructure damage
Pollution of the local environment
Harbouring of disease vectors (such as
rats/flies)
Methane is generated (by decaying
organic wastes)
Fatal accidents (such as scavengers
 ABOUT METHANE
One tonne GAS
of
biodegradable waste
produces between 200 and
400 cubic metres of landfill
gas

Methane is around 21
times more potent than
carbon dioxide

Allowing methane to
escape into the
 WHAT IS SOLD INERT
MATERIAL?
Solid inert material may be defined as waste which will
not degrade in the short term, and which has a
negligible risk to the environment.
Examples include:
clean fill
wood
bricks
concrete
rocks
fencing material
inert building waste
demolition waste
inert synthetic materials