Landfill Activity 1. What are the types of solid waste that Americans throw away and which are the most abundant?
The types of solid waste that Americans throw away are that are most abundant are plastic, foam, & paper. The most abundant is plastic because most products are made from it because it's strong, and cheap.
2. What can we do with our waste?
We could recycle, reuse, & crate cool stuff with it, like purses! Or we can send our waste to the landfills, or incinerate it
3. You are building a new landfill in Freemont and you want the best location possible. What are
three (3) considerations you need to make before you begin construction?
Before I begin constructing, three considerations I need to make is that there needs to be top soil, protective cover soil, and drainage layer. It should be far from a city. Also schools and homes.
4. When you are building a landfill and you have cleared a parcel of land, what are the steps in building your landfill? Now build it!
The steps are to build Autopumps, and to put top soil, protective cover soil, and a drainage layer. To build landfill gas extraction wells, and compressed air.
5. Now your landfill is operational. What is the procedure for filling the landfill and closing it? How do you know when the landfill is full?
The procedure for filling the landfill & closing it, is by adding completed clay, & daily cover. You close it with cover vegetation. You know when a landfill is full when it reaches the cell.
6. Your landfill has been capped off. What do you do to monitor your landfill?
What I do to monitor my landfill, is close the sell, and check it.
7. Label the parts to the landfill below:
Landfills-Energy
The types of solid waste that Americans throw away are that are most abundant are plastic, foam, & paper. The most abundant is plastic because most products are made from it because it's strong, and cheap.
2. What can we do with our waste?
We could recycle, reuse, & crate cool stuff with it, like purses! Or we can send our waste to the landfills, or incinerate it
3. You are building a new landfill in Freemont and you want the best location possible. What are
three (3) considerations you need to make before you begin construction?
Before I begin constructing, three considerations I need to make is that there needs to be top soil, protective cover soil, and drainage layer. It should be far from a city. Also schools and homes.
4. When you are building a landfill and you have cleared a parcel of land, what are the steps in building your landfill? Now build it!
The steps are to build Autopumps, and to put top soil, protective cover soil, and a drainage layer. To build landfill gas extraction wells, and compressed air.
5. Now your landfill is operational. What is the procedure for filling the landfill and closing it? How do you know when the landfill is full?
The procedure for filling the landfill & closing it, is by adding completed clay, & daily cover. You close it with cover vegetation. You know when a landfill is full when it reaches the cell.
6. Your landfill has been capped off. What do you do to monitor your landfill?
What I do to monitor my landfill, is close the sell, and check it.
7. Label the parts to the landfill below:
Landfills-Energy
- Landfill gas is created as biological processes decompose the solid waste in a landfill.
- In its raw form it consists 50% methane and other percent carbon dioxide and small amount of non-methane gases.
- Landfill gas is extracted from landfills using a series of gas collection wells and a vacuum system.
- Electricity Generation is the generation of electricity from LFG makes up about two thirds of the currently operational projects
- Direct-use is the direct use of LFG can be in a boiler, dryer, kiln,greenhouse, or other thermal it can also be used directly to evaporate landfill liquids.
- Co-generation is the combined hear and power, generate electricity and thermal electricity.
- Landfill gas has been successfully delivered to the natural gas pipelinesystem as well as converted to vehicle fuel in the form of compressednatural gas and liquefied natural gas