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8 <br /> AW MR <br /> Landfills for solid waste manage- <br /> ment are one of the abiding paradoxes <br /> of the environmental protection move- 'F <br /> ment. You can't do with them and you r <br /> can't do without them. But you can <br /> manage them more effectively. , <br /> Among the solutions to more <br /> efficient waste management are incin- <br /> eration,recycling, and waste minimiza- <br /> tion. Even incineration results in the <br /> need for landfilling--the ash residue <br /> must be put somewhere. Managing and < � <br /> controlling the volume of solid waste ' x �, <br /> will allow landfills to continue to be <br /> useful for longer periods of time. r ? <br /> Now, there is a new focus on as u P <br /> long-known but until recently dormant 5 IV <br /> method of treating sanitary landfill ` <br /> wastes in situ--leachate recycle. With <br /> the available landfill space decreasingJim <br /> and leachate management expenses <br /> �r <br /> � <br /> increasing as new facilities are built to U ' <br /> exacting and expensive environmental <br /> f <br /> protection standards,leachate recycle is10, <br /> fi <br /> getting considerable attention. <br /> In Worcester County on Maryland s ; <br /> Eastern Shore, it is getting more than ate, <br /> second look--itis being put into action � <br /> in the County's new solid waste landfill. i <br /> Worcester County needed new landfill <br /> capacity. EA helped the County ;r <br /> determine the best location and rY � <br /> designed a facility that would protect <br /> the ground water in a coastal area with <br /> a high water table. Leachate recycle <br /> was being used in a neighboring county <br /> in Delaware. After this facility was `r <br /> evaluated, the methods used were <br /> selected to help improve leachate man- p.,. <br /> agement for the Worcester County , t <br /> project. F F �4 <br /> Leachate recycle helps a landfill <br /> manage its leachate onsite and achieve ging <br /> waste stabilization much more quickly. <br /> L A N F I L L 01 <br /> Landfills are anaerobic microbial <br /> systems, which naturally go through <br /> five stages of biodegradation often <br /> lasting years if not decades. Without ' ? <br /> leachate recycle, some landfills actually "" x' "2, <br /> preserve wastes. Recently, archaeolo- <br /> gists investigating the contents of <br />