page_title: Waste management
section_title: Landfill
hierarchical_section_title: Waste management / Disposal methods / Landfill
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: En Caterpillar kompakter i arbejde på en australsk losseplads. Forskellen på en kompakter og en gummiged ligger i hvilken hjultype der er monteret. English: Picture of a Caterpillar 826C landfill compactor being used at an Australian landfill site. Deutsch: Ein Müllverdichter, auch Kompaktor, des Herstellers Caterpillar beim Einsatz auf einer australischen Deponie.
context_page_description: Waste management include the activities and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.
  This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process.
  Waste can be solid, liquid, or gas and each type has different methods of disposal and management. Waste management deals with all types of waste, including industrial, biological and household. In some cases, waste can pose a threat to human health. Waste is produced by human activity, for example, the extraction and processing of raw materials. Waste management is intended to reduce adverse effects of waste on human health, the environment or aesthetics.
  Waste management practices are not uniform among countries; regions, and residential and industrial sectors can all take different approaches.
  A large portion of waste management practices deal with municipal solid waste which is the bulk of the waste that is created by household, industrial, and commercial activity.
context_section_description: A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial. Landfill is the oldest form of waste treatment, although the burial of the waste is modern; historically, refuse was simply left in piles or thrown into pits. Historically, landfills have been the most common method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world.
caption: A landfill compaction vehicle in action.
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