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What Happens to Trash

Landfill Construction

A Closed Landfill

What Happens to Trash
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Trash is picked up from the curb and loaded into a packer truck.

The packer truck dumps the trash at a transfer station.

A large tractor trailer semi is loaded with trash to be transported to a landfill.

The trash is inspected and dumped in the landfill.

Large machines compact and level trash.

At the end of the day, dirt is brought in to cover trash.

Landfill Construction
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This is a newly constructed landfill with just the clay liner established.


During construction, a plastic liner is laid down over the clay
liner and sealed to prevent a landfill from leaking.

Click here to read the Tracking Trash brochure for the rest of the construction process.

A Closed Landfill
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These views are from the top of a closed landfill in Solon, Ohio.

Composting

Cuyahoga CountySolid Waste District
323 Lakeside Ave W, Suite 400
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1009
Tel: 216-443-3749 Fax: 216-443-3733
info@cuyahogaswd.org
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