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A landfill is a designated site where waste materials are disposed of and buried in the ground. It matters because it's a primary method communities use to manage their garbage and other discarded materials.
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- Operations
- Sanitary landfill life cycle
- Initial adjustment (Phase I)
- Transition (Phase II)
- Acid formation (Phase III)
- Methane fermentation (Phase IV)
- Final maturation and stabilization (Phase V)
- Social and environmental impact
- Leachate
- Decomposition gases
- Other nuisances
- Landfill aftercare
- Sustainability
- Bioreactor landfill
- Material reclamation
- Landfill restoration
- Regional practice
- Canada
- European Union
- India
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Types
- Microbial topics
- Alternatives
- Restrictions
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|One of several landfills used by Dryden, Ontario, Canada
A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials, including municipal solid waste. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate, and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was simply left in piles or thrown into pits (known in archeology as middens).