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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Municipal Solid Waste Handbook Online
- Annenberg/CPB Exhibit: Garbage
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Landfill Methane Outreach Program
- Bioreactor Landfill Demonstration Project
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Solid Waste: Kids Site
- Exploration of Landfill Leachate: Laboratory Project
- Leachate Treatment
- Santek Environmental: Landfill Solutions
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Landfill Methane Outreach Program: FAQ
- Some Landfill Facts
- Primer on Landfill Gas as "Green" Energy
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- Planet Green
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Sources
- "Municipal Solid Waste." Environmental Protection Agency. Jan. 3, 2008. (Aug. 21, 2008)http://www.epa.gov/garbage/facts.htm
Our thanks to Marshall Parrish, education specialist, and Ivan Dickey, solid waste inspector, of Wake County Solid Waste Management Division, Raleigh, N.C., for the tour of the landfill and their advice in the preparation of this article.
