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Anatomy of a modern solid waste landfill (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by kersploosh to c/engineering

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Image courtesy of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

Source: https://www.michigan.gov/egle/-/media/Project/Websites/egle/Documents/Programs/MMD/Landfills/Anatomy-of-a-Landfill-with-Glossary.pdf

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[–] kersploosh 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

http://www.atlas.d-waste.com looks like a good place to start. In the Data Category menu on the left side select Sanitary Landfill. Though I think this map only shows active landfills. I'm aware of a few old capped landfills that aren't shown on the map.

[–] Cl1nk 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the reply!