it is a very complex question and and no one solution exist.
Generally, recycling is a more sustainable solution for long term, landfill is generally cheaper then recycling.
Dear,
Yes. This is a cost problem.
Generally saying, the recycling costs too much than just dumping into a landfill.
And there is also volume problem. You have to decrease the waste volume to expand a landfill lifespan. For this, you have to burn the waste or melt it. Sanitary saying, you should do this.
The recycling system is now developing technics. If your country had enough land, you would choose the landfill system. If not, you should install sophisticated recycling system in your country waste management system.
Best regards.
"Waste is a human concept. Nothing is wasted in nature instead, as everything is part of a continuous cycle". Henry David Thoreau
yes landfills are the last solution. One can regard land-filling process is better than nothing. The wastes of recycling may be treated by landfills.
A global economy which is addicted to non renewable fossil fuels should shift to a local, ecological and renewable model. Conservation of goods and resources is a concept of paramount importance to limit the needs for disposal in landfills of an increasing amount of waste, which is generated by affluent society.
Whatever is recyclable has to be recycled, and only after that what cannot be recycled needs to go into the landfill.
a LCA analysis will help you in deciding what is better to recycle or to burned recovering energy
Dumping is delaying recycling; dumping is (perhaps) cheaper but infinitively more stupid, our children will certainly confirm this.
Recycling and landfilling are not mutually exclusive activities. You could have both. If recycling is too expensive then you dump or burn the waste. Can not be either recycling or landfilling. In our live we have both + other solutions to dispose the waste (burning, reusing).
Land filling is not the solution to solid waste management. Whatever could be recycled should be recycled. Only ultimate waste which could not be treated by the existing methods should be land filled.
A single option cannot give the best solution.
It is a combination of a variety of treatment process. Recycling after inert residual part ( if possible to separate) usually goes to landfill. Besides, along with thermal and biological treatment are also necessary.
All of these involved socio economic and environmental situation of any region.
So, it is not wise to get straight answer.
The best solution is recycling of the solid waste. It is the process of converting waste into some new or usable product thereby preventing waste disposal.
Obviously landfill method of disposal has many limitations. Landfills are likely to cause air water and land pollution in spite of utmost care taken. I consider it to be a threat to us and hazards are associated with it.
Effective management of solid waste depends majorly on the types of waste, whether it is biodegradable, non-degradable, infectious, non infectious, hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. This makes sorting of the waste of importance. For biodegradable, non-infectious, non-hazardous waste, recycling will be the best option while landfilling is the most qualified method for biodegradable, infectious, non-hazardous waste, since the wastes will decompose and add to soil nutrients. For nondegradable, infectious and hazardous waste, incineration might be adopted and afterward the ash could be reuse in landfilling acidic soil or in stabilization of unstable lateritic soil.
Landfills should not be promoted as it is not sustainable at all. It is the least preferred method. Landfills do not offer a solution for solid waste problem, they are just making the land useless. As far as possible we have to practice recovery, reuse and recycle options, so that quantity of waste can be significantly reduced. Try to avoid landfilling as far as possible.
Recycling is the sustainable solution as explained by Dr K N Sheth sir
The best is to avoid waste generation. This seems to be difficult in our time where increase in consumption is a major marketing target to increase product use and economy and consequently recycling appears as ´the better solution.' However, recycling is still an 'effort' and demenads additional resources, efforts, investments and causes emissions as well. I would like to confirm the statements made by formerly made comments. Waste disposal is an anthropogenic feature. Archeologist look for human made waste disposal sites in order to understand historic lifestyles. It will be hard to find waste disposal sites from other species, they live in harmony with nature in a sustainable "life cycle". Waste disposal could only be accepted if it follows the natural cycles, e.g. falling of leaves in autum are a kind of waste disposal but do not appear as such since they leaves will be consumed withing the following seasons by 'natural recycling forces'. Therefore, landfilling of human made wastes that nowadays increasingly include synthetic components will be burden for nature and future generations to come and should be avoided whenever possible. Waste avoidance strategies should be the new focus of social development and new materials and products be developed that demand less recycling but last longer and can be reused or repaired prior to recycling.
I think the best solution is Integrated Waste Management and land filling is not waste management but waste disposal. Efforts should be concentrated on waste recycling which should also involve source separation of waste to improve the quality of recycled products and reduce efforts in the processing of the solid waste for recycling activities.
I go with Emmanuel Vijayanand Murra and J. Karthikeyan above. Only unrecyclable wastes should be landfilled.
Both of them is important to solid waste management practices. If you will look in to the hierarchy of solid waste management, recycling is said to be applied first. But, if the the solid waste can no longer used anymore, treatment could be possible solution and your last resort will be landfilling. But note that environmental , social and economic considerations must be in taken place in establishing the landfill.
I think it's a very delicate point. From my point of view solid waste management should be based on a planning policy in which the potential of separating organic and non-biodegradable waste should be mapped, so that it can design policies to encourage separation and finally obtain the demand for collection, so it is possible to have an idea of how much should be destined to the landfills (or some alternative for the processing of organic waste) and how much will be recycled and what will be the mechanism used for this.
Recycling is better but the technologies for recycling some solid wastes like plastics are still developing and relatively expensive compared to land-filling. In addition, recycling cannot keep up with waste generation and so, land-filling is utilized more for solid waste management
Dear Kallel,
It depends on the danger of waste, there is some waste that can be generally recycled plastics, the waste of the mines .... genetically recyler in the construction products.
Other hazardous waste must be treated and stored in well protected drains.
Best regards.
Recycling as much as possible is (in my opinion) a categorical imperative of present times. Henry David Thoreau said this very poetically :"Waste is a human concept. Nothing is wasted in nature as everything is part of a continuous cycle".
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