aula 07
Os aterros sanitários, alem de contaminar o solo e as águas subterrâneas, geram gases. Esses gases são inflamáveis e podem explodir. São gases nauseantes que causam desconforto àqueles que ficam a eles expostos. Para instalar um aterro sanitário, é necessário remover a vegetação existente no local. Atrelada à movimentação de pessoas e dos equipamentos envolvidos na operação do aterro, essa eliminação vegetal causa um afastamento dos animais silvestres que habitavam a área.

Landfills are bad because they contribute to pollution, the rise of greenhouse gases, resource contamination, and they have a poor aesthetic. In addition, they are known for negatively impacting human health and will take thousands of years to biodegrade. These days, we have a pretty sophisticated system for disposing of our waste.
For fifty years, refuse trucks have been piling waste into the Severny Samarka landfill, Russia. It is up to its waist in waste as recycling plans are binned.
The 50-meter-high trash pile occupies 33 hectares, and it receives around one thousand tons of waste every day.
Currently holding close to 30 million cubic meters of rubbish, the site is a major concern to Russia’s environmental agency. It was initially intended as a dump for construction waste; however, it now takes all kinds of rubbish.
Russians living near the site say that they can barely breathe due to the noxious fumes.
Russia’s environmental watchdog fined the site´s owner last year, demanding an end to the dumping. However, a court ruled that business could continue despite the damage to the environment. Although protests are regularly held at the site, no one takes responsibility for the dump.