Carolrhoda Books, c1988. Garbage disposal is the theme of this book. Landfills, mass burning, and recycling are discussed. Beautiful photographs are used to illustrate the text. Landfills We bury 80 percent of all our garbage in landfills.
Landfills take up space.
People had hoped that as trash decomposed it would increase the landfills capacity. However, garbage is slow to decompose. It can take 50 years for food and waste to break down. Newspapers from the 1940s have been found in landfills in excellent reading condition. Paper is the most common garbage in landfills created since 1977.