Environmental Engineering FOURTH EDITION

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Figure 13-6. Map for siting a landfill.

13.4 If all of the readily decomposable organic refuse in a landfill were cellulose,
C6H1005, how many cubic meters of gas (C02 and C&) would be produced per
kilogram of refuse?
13.5 Choose a place for a 25-acre landfill on the map shown in Fig. 13-6. What
other information would you need? Justify your selection of the site.