What is sanitary landfill?
The current method of disposal of waste in landfills is not in a controlled manner at all. It is just a huge open dump where wastes are dumped daily in an unscientific way which leads to various environmental and health issues such as leaching of harmful substances in underground water or release of harmful gases like methane and communicable diseases like malaria, etc. therefore, as per the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules 1999 the landfills should be built according to proper guidelines outlined in the rules. A sanitary or scientific landfill has provisions for leachate management and the possible collection of landfill gas like methane and its potential use as an energy source. To prevent seepage of leachates into the ground, the base and sides of the landfill are lined with materials like clay, PVC or asphalt, in addition to this there is also a leachate collection and treatment system which collects and extracts leachate from within and from the base of the l
