Most of the links were removed as they are no longer available considering that the issue about the semirara dumpsite was way back in 2000-2001.
Basics of Landfills
How They are Constructed and Why They Fail
Leaky Liners & Leachate Hazardous Waste & Environmental Racism Superfund & Health Landfill Politics Strategies & Alternatives
LANDFILLS ARE DANGEROUS
RACHEL’S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #617, Headlines, September 24, 1998
Environmental Research Foundation
A new study by the New York State Department of Health reports that women living near solid waste landfills where gas is escaping have a four-fold increased chance of bladder cancer or leukemia (cancer of the blood-forming cells).[1]
Landfills: Hazardous to our Environment
ZERO WASTE AMERICA (ZWA) promotes ‘disposal bans’ and the recycling of all materials back into nature or the marketplace in a manner that protects human health and the environment.
Recent Publications on Landfills
Solid and Hazardous Waste and Groundwater Quality Protection
Landfills, An Issue Confronting Our Sustainable Use of the Land
Are landfills an appropriate use of the Land? What impact do landfills have on our use of the land and on our lives?
Is our use of the land as landfills sustainable? Over what period of time will a landfill revert “back to nature” if ever? Do we permanently (within the time frame of human existence) change the land when we use it as a landfill?
Background on Landfills and Use of This Exploration
Margie Weitkamp, LA-SI
Wendy Hawkins, Greta Lynch-Douglas, LBUSD
As the amount of waste produced in the United States increases, new methods of disposal are needed to replace the old ones. In the past, waste was often placed in dumps, where waste was left open to the atmosphere and free to blow around.
Cross Section of a Landfill
Copyright © 1997
HTML by Cameron London, student, Electronic Information Magnet, LAUSD
Building a Landfill
See a diagram
OBJECTIVE: To learn the structure and function of a landfill.
Diagram of Building a Landfill
Copyright © 1997
HTML by Cameron London, student, Electronic Information Magnet, LAUSD
How Long Will Litter Last?
Information Sheet
DECADE-OLD STUDY REVEALED THE POLLUTING EFFECTS OF LANDFILLS
RACHEL’S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS #71, April 4, 1988
News and resources for environmental justice
A careful study of 50 landfills in 1977 concluded that 43 out of 50 (86%) had contaminated underground water supplies beyond the boundaries of the landfill.
EPA SAYS ALL LANDFILLS LEAK, EVEN THOSE USING BEST AVAILABLE LINERS
RACHEL’S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS #37, August 10, 1987
News and resources for environmental justice
People who are enthusiastic about garbage incinerators often fail to mention that every incinerator has a landfill associated with it.
CLAY LANDFILL LINERS LEAK IN WAYS THAT SURPRISE LANDFILL DESIGNERS
RACHEL’S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS #125, April 18, 1989
News and resources for environmental justice
Organic chemicals are moving through clay landfill liners much more rapidly than was previously thought possible, according to a report published by a team of American and Canadian scientists in the March, 1989, issue of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, a journal of the American Chemical Society.
WHY PLASTIC LANDFILL LINERS ALWAYS FAIL
RACHEL’S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS #217, January 23, 1991
News and resources for environmental justice
In the landfill business, government and industry say plastic liners are going to save the day. For example, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry both argue that incinerator ash can be safely “disposed of” in a double-lined ash “monofill.”
Landfills Leak
Introduction of Leakage Public Testimony Cases and Studies on Liner Leakage Bibliography of Leakage Studies Water Flow in Desert Site Danger of Leakage in Desert Site Inadequacy of Proposed Monitoring
Landfill Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste
Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
Landfills and Water Quality Management (A Study)
Dr. G. Fred Lee and Dr. Anne Jones-Lee have prepared professional papers and reports on the various areas in which they are active in research and consulting including domestic water supply water quality, water and wastewater treatment, water pollution control, and the evaluation and management of the impacts of solid and hazardous wastes.
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Solid and Infectious Waste Management
