thereby processing trash from an entire region.
In conformance with stricter EPA standards, these
new landfills have caps, as well as liners that prevent contaminants
from leaching into the soil. All the new landfills
must also have systems to control methane gas
produced by the steaming garbage, as well as a “leachate
collection system,” which collects and treats the percolating
fluid produced by the landfill as the organic waste degrades