Question

An environmental problem caused by landfills are:

• A. Methane production
• B. Groundwater pollution
• C. Incomplete decomposition
• D. All the options are correct.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

All the options are correct.

The environmental problems caused by landfills are numerous. The methane produced by the rotten organic matter in an unmanaged landfills is 20 times more effective than carbon dioxide in trapping heat from the sun. Landfills also create a toxic soup of industrial and home-cleaning chemicals. These chemicals accumulate and are washed away periodically by rain, potentially dragging them toward municipal water supplies and contaminating ground water .Incomplete decomposition in a land fill releases foul gases which is one of the causes of air pollution too.