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. In today's landfills, pipes run through the area to channel these gases away and some of the gas is used as fuel.
Landfills take up a lot of space.
In urban and suburban communities, we are running out of places to put landfills. People increasingly believe that landfills should be a last resort. Incinerators Incinerators certainly reduce the volume of trash through burning. The heat from the burning process can be used to warm buildings. It is also used to make electricity.