My Field Trip Experience

I am writing this blog to share my experience of what the my overall intake was of the Landfill tour field trip on Friday was like. Some of the first information was given by our tour guide about the Badlands Sanitary Landfill's history. Our guide shared that the place opened as a burn site in 1966 but changed to Landfill to reduce to pollution in 1970. The landfill is designated as a class 3 facility which she said means it is the last of the last place that our trash goes. We were then lead to the sight where there are the lowest to the highest piled trash covered by tarps to prolong ate the existence of the landfill and therefore save more airspace. The trash not covered by tarps was flooded by birds which she stated doesn't happen that often. She also explained that the dirt we were standing on was previously trash. The sight also included two different pipes that contained gas and water throughout the landfill. Once the landfill is completed they must check up on it for 50 years to make sure dirt bikers or trespassers haven't removed dirt from the top layer to reveal the trash. The second place we were lead to was the recycling area where sorting takes place to prevent dangerous chemical reactions. This staff also reuses hazardous items and makes sure that no hazardous items are being sent to them. The items sorted are then transported to certified off-site recycling. Our second tour guide shared that this off-site recycling certificate was one he was hoping to get. The last sight(the picture) we were guided to was where the gas migration is being monitored and controlled.Lastly, our tour guide shared that besides giving us tours and yearly information about the landfill, her job was to design the landfill for result that won't flow towards the cell. An important goal for the staff is to prevent leakage from polluting the water for our crops.