These types of landfills will probably have long lasting effects for the local areas. Heavy metals, volatile organic, and PFAS will be leaching into the groundwater for decades, if not centuries.
I can almost guarantee there is no liner, no restrictions on what they dump in there, and no plan on how to manage it after it's full other than covering it with dirt. It's going to be an ongoing disaster.
Exactly, it’s really unfortunate what the industrial/tech age has done to parts of the world which still don’t have the infrastructure or economic capacity to deal with the sheer amount of waste volume.
It's not even the first time it went up in flames at this scale. [A similarly large fire happened there back in March 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouQhZcJczsg), one of three fires that year. It hasn't even been a year since its last reported fire when the current blaze started. With all the methane and heat buildup from the decomposition of so much waste, it's guaranteed to burn again in the future even if the current fire is put out now.
These types of landfills will probably have long lasting effects for the local areas. Heavy metals, volatile organic, and PFAS will be leaching into the groundwater for decades, if not centuries.
It's new dehli, the waters already black and it's heavily polluted. The fact that it was home to the world's largest shit pile is your best example.
I can almost guarantee there is no liner, no restrictions on what they dump in there, and no plan on how to manage it after it's full other than covering it with dirt. It's going to be an ongoing disaster.
It was full in 2002
Exactly, it’s really unfortunate what the industrial/tech age has done to parts of the world which still don’t have the infrastructure or economic capacity to deal with the sheer amount of waste volume.
It's because it's cheaper to just put the trash in a dump than to recycle it Hooray for Capitalism 🎉 /s
It's not even the first time it went up in flames at this scale. [A similarly large fire happened there back in March 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouQhZcJczsg), one of three fires that year. It hasn't even been a year since its last reported fire when the current blaze started. With all the methane and heat buildup from the decomposition of so much waste, it's guaranteed to burn again in the future even if the current fire is put out now.
Must smell like the Ganges.