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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by mschuster91 on Friday August 03, 2018 @12:36PM (#17681293)
> It just stays there seeping out heinous juices into the surrounding area.

A proper landfill has multiple layers of protection to the ground below it and a web of drain pipes to ensure that the fluids don't collect up or, worse, leak out into the ground.

Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by TeMPOraL on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:24PM (#17681686)
How many landfills are proper landfills, and not half-assed landfills, or just holes in the ground? Out of all those proper landfills, how many are properly maintained? Like everything, protection and drainage degrades with time.
Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by bluGill on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:56PM (#17681970)
Are you asking about any first world country, or about random third world countries?

In rich countries the norm is all active landfills are properly maintained. There are a few bad apples that are caught once in a while, and a number of long abandoned landfills that cause problems, but for the most part a landfill in any first world country is not an environmental disaster.

In poor countries people just toss things wherever with no concern.

Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by thachmai on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:51PM (#17681921)
Do you have examples of such proper landfill, as well as their cost vs capacity? It sounds awfully expensive for a trash stock pile.