5342 sanitary landfill [n] [US] (2)

envir. (Area used for disposal of industrial or domestic waste material, often located in abandoned sand and gravel pits, canyons, excavations or on flat terrain to be landscaped or reclaimed thus creating an ►artificial landform. The common practice is to spread and compact the refuse as it is delivered and to cover it at the end of each day with a layer of soil, which, in turn, is compacted; ARB 1983; an impervious plastic liner is placed on the existing ground to prevent seepage into the ground water; in modern s. l.s the emergent gases [methane] are collected and used to produce energy; ►unauthorized dumpsite [US]/fly tipping site [UK]); syn. controlled landfill site [n] [US] (TGG 1984, 236), landfill site [n] [UK], refuse-landfill site [n] (ARB 1983, 270);s vertedero [m] controlado (Instalación para depositar residuos sólidos urbanos o residuos industriales, localizada muchas veces en arenales o graveras abandonadas, hondonadas de terreno, excavaciones