1.+WASTE+MGMT-+1.+landfills

A landfill site is an area of land that is used to dump rubbish, either directly on the ground (landraising) filling an unwanted hole in the ground (landfilling). Australians depend on landfills for waste management. For example, in 2002-03, 54% of all solid waste was deposited in landfills. The Lucas Heights Landfill is one of Sydney’s major solid waste disposals as it receives nearly 600,000 tonnes of waste per year. This is equivalent to the weight of eleven Sydney Harbour Bridges. Australia is running out of room for landfills. In the past decade, there is an emphasis on reducing, reusing and recycling waste as opposed to dumping waste in landfills.
 * What are Landfills?**

__**Positives:**__
 * What are the positives and negatives of Landfills?**
 * construction companies to dump rubbish such as concrete
 * easy to create
 * land can be reused
 * landfill gases such as methane can be used to produce energy

__**Negatives:**__
 * Landfills close to urban areas are scare
 * smell, litter and noise and air pollution
 * harmful greenhouse gases
 * dirty groundwater
 * accidents i.e explosions


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