Singapore Landfill http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/science/16landfill.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3&emc=Google-Earth&no_interstitial
Singapore’s last landfill had closed in 1999. Their landfill now is no dump though and is more of a manmade island. The Sekamau landfill has its very own ecosystem that it supports. Many people have come to visit this as its quite the tourist attraction as are many things in singapore. They have a eco-friendly landfill that is able to reduce waste by 90% and also 2% of their power comes from the islands 4 mainland incinerators. Some however oppose the idea of using incinerators. Singapore’s larger incinerators don’t tend to last and have short live spans with some needing replacement after just 10 years. Those from Greenpeace say that incineration only simply changes the waste problem to pollution. There are many quotes from Mr. Buakamsri which is the campaign the director. In Malaysia and Indonesia there have been public protests against the plans from the government for constructing more incinerators. The Philippines had banned incinerators in 1999 due to the health risks and on the same year as Singaporean government began to rely on them to operate the Sekamau Landfill. There a very small chance there would ever be a leakage because of all the protective measure taken to avoid it. One person had said that it would last for many decades but in end will fail and pose risk for the future generations. They have 2 mangrove forests surrounding the island that are very reactive to toxic material acting as “canaries in a coal mine should anything escape”. I found this very interesting and was happy that we have landfills such this.
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