I was just wondering, I mean, it can't all just go to dumps.
2007-04-27 06:28:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
This is a good question. Most of the trash generated today goes to the land fills and many other Dump yards. Some are even buried underground and even thrown away in the ocean. Some of the people are not even bothered about this issue.
These dump yards .......... cause environmental pollution.
2007-04-27 06:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by allan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Waste collected for recycling is sorted, graded and recycled as appropriate.
Non recycleable waste is often dumped in land fills, some of it is incinerated, some of it is even loaded into huge barges and shipped to countries like Indonesia where it's dumped in open dumps and scavenged by local people, as in this picture - http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canada-magazine/issue30/site/images/current/back_waste.jpg
The majority of household waste can be recycled. Countries that are keyed up on recycling send less than 20% of their waster to landfills, the rest is recycled - countries like Germany, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland.
2007-04-27 14:05:40 · answer #2 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virginia
NY's dump site
Thanks Gov.
typical of white men,,destroy everything and let the Mexicans have it
2007-04-27 13:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by usafatceo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.. most of the waste go to landfills....and ofcourse dump yards.......but a considerable percent goes to composts also....
2007-04-29 11:50:15 · answer #4 · answered by Ananthu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, yes...nearly 98% of it goes to landfills!
scary isnt it?
2007-04-27 13:34:20 · answer #5 · answered by Tommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some get recycled.....some underground......some into water
2007-04-27 15:31:50 · answer #6 · answered by NJM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anywhere
2007-04-27 14:15:31 · answer #7 · answered by lovepets 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋