Environmental geology lecture outline - Landfills and solid waste disposal.

Environmental concerns associated with solid waste disposal:

• Heflinger Park as a small scale local example.
• potential groundwater contamination.
• compaction and subsidence.
• methane generation.
• smell and wind-blown garbage during operation.
• subsequent land use?

Factors in site selection (related to other site selection):

• social and economic factors?
• scientific factors?
• use of GIS.
• geotechnical investigations.

Need for landfills, and Thomas Sowell's commentary

Landfill design:

• multiple barrier design
• leachate capture
• methane energy generation

Waste reduction programs: recycling, composting.