cheeseburger@lemmy.catoUnited Kingdom@feddit.uk•Seventeen landfills in England make toxic liquid hazardous to drinking waterEnglish
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5 months agoMy city’s giant landfills have clay liners that redirect the leachate to a treatment plant specifically for the purpose. The leachate literally flows into the plant constantly, it’s a huge amount.
I only know this because I worked there in my early 20s. It had the most horrifying smell like a fully fermented Diaper Genie poop-snake with strong sweet and sour notes that seemed to have flavour.
I got used to the smell at the regular waste water treatment plant, and at the dump in general, but the leachate plant was unbearable.
This article is from May 2020; I wonder if DoorDash still does this.