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Which of the following processes matches "filling huge pits with solid wastes and then covering them up with soil"?


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Incineration

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Landfilling

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Salvaging

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Fermentation

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Solution

The correct option is B

Landfilling


Garbage arising from human or animal activities, that is abandoned as unwanted and useless is referred as solid waste. In order to dispose these solid wastes, solid wastes sanitary landfills are prepared. These are simple, clean and effective. In this procedure, layers are compressed with some mechanical equipment and covered with earth, leveled, and compacted. A layer of soil is put on top and followed by more layers of solid wastes.


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