WHAT HAPPENS IN A LANDFILL

What is a landfill?

• a place to pick up trash

• a place where the land is fill

• your guess is as good as mine

• a place where they put all the trash

choose one of the places trash ends up?

• recycling centers

• ravines (barrancos

• street

• your neighbor´s house

what is the definition od a compost pile?

• non organic material

• organic material

• plastic trash

• I´ll say una pila compuesta

drains and pipes collect a liquid called leachate, which is the ______________ that trickles out of the body of the landfill.

• compost fluid

• contaminated fluid

• little garbage

• worms

In 2008, _________ million gallons of leachate were collected from New York's landfills

• 189

• 365

• 672

• 276

When the landfill has reached its capacity, the waste is covered with ________________ and another plastic shield

• dirt

• thck organic plastic

• clay

• cement

Inside the landfill, the trash layer forms a gently sloped hill, which can reach more than _________ feet (46 meters) thick, according to New York's DEC

• 250

• 175

• 47

• 150

Landfills are not designed to _________________________, only to store it, according to the NSWMA.

• break down plastic

• break down organic things

• break down waste

• break down flowers

Because of the lack of oxygen, bacteria in the waste produce _____________________.

• H2O

• methane gas

• more bacteria

• worms

Because of the lack of oxygen, bacteria in the waste produce ????????????, . It is also a potent greenhouse gas and contributes to _________________________.

• global warming

• recycle

• greenhouse

• more bacteria