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A site where solid non-hazardous municipal waste is disposed
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Municipal Maximum Absolute Relative landfill landfill settlement settlement localities height (m) (m) (%) Dablice 34.5 4.04 14.53 Uholicky 30.2 2.63 8.74 Uhy 23.9 0.93 3.89 Revnice 19.8 0.28 2.24 Chrast near 16.6 0.33 2.54 Breznice Table 2 Classification of irregular settlement on the investigated municipal landfills. Municipal Survey Difference Distance l Ratio Failure landfill point s between between (s /1) criterion localities pair settlement the survey x 100 s / l (m) points (%) (m) Dablice 19-11 2.64 121.40 2.17 19-13 2.56 92.27 2.77 19-15 2.52 128.25 1.96 19-20 1.54 123.62 1.25 Uholicky 12-8 2.20 63.25 3.48 12-13 1.91 39.53 4.83 0.80 % Uhy 18-15 0.67 66.13 1.01 18-17 0.47 31.22 1.51 Revnice 5-4 0.12 16.29 0.74 5-6 0.09 13.92 0.65 Chrast 8-9 0.19 40.36 0.47
Long-term deformations of municipal landfill bodies and their effects on functional safety of superficial sealing
Disposing of DEHP ballasts in a municipal landfill is not recommended because the DEHP in ballasts is a liquid contained in a metal capsule that can rupture or rust.
First PCBs, now DEHP ballasts
It is certain that unless the Superfund program as applied to municipal co-disposal landfills is modified, Superfund and its unwilling municipal and business participants will be financially overwhelmed by the huge number of municipal landfills and the massive volumes of waste that must be addressed.
Cleanups will demand cooperation, accountability
To date, EPA says, one-quarter of all monitored municipal landfills in the United States are leaking their contents into groundwater.
To rot or not: landfill designers argue the benefits of burying garbage wet vs. dry
The site occupies 20 acres atop the recently closed Urbana municipal landfill. Created through an intergovernmental agreement with the nearby community of Champaign and the surrounding county, this facility represents a cooperative solution to a regional problem.
Recycling the urban forest
It was constructed at the site of the former municipal landfill, known as the Corn Hill Road Landfill.
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE: Multi-Source Funded Landfill Closings

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