For Landfill we have terms and definitions in 6 topics. The topics are Environment, Natural Gas, Oil, Real Estate, Sanitation and Science.

Landfill (Environment)

Disposal area where garbage is piled up and eventually covered with dirt and topsoil.

Landfill (Natural Gas)

Site designed for disposal of solid or chemical wastes by buriel. It may be an open pit or an engineered facility that includes special linings to prevent wastes from leaking into water supplies.

Landfill (Oil)

Site designed for disposal of solid or chemical wastes by buriel. It may be an open pit or an engineered facility that includes special linings to prevent wastes from leaking into water supplies.

Landfill (Real Estate)

A landfill is an enormous hole, either excavated for the purpose of waste disposal or left over from a surface mining operation. The hole is lined with clay or a synthetic lining to prevent leakage of waste into the surrounding water supply. Waste is laid on the liner at the bottom of the landfill and a layer of topsoil is then compacted into the waste. The layering is repeated again and again until the landfill reaches its full capacity.

Landfill (Sanitation)

(1) The disposal of solid wastes or sludges by placing on land, compacting and covering as appropriate with a thin layer of soil. (2) A waste management unit at which waste is discharged in or on land for disposal. It does not include surface impoundment, waste pile, treatment unit, injection well, or soil amendments.

Landfill (Science)

An area where wastes are buried between layers of earth

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