The dangers of Landfills (Waste Dump Sites)

Vincent Edigin
2 min readApr 26, 2021

1) Cancer Causative: Waste dump sites emit dangerous gasses like Hydrogen Sulphide which impacts our respiratory organs and may cause Cancer and Asthma. Children are the most vulnerable group here.

2) Water and Soil Pollution: Some of the Chemicals formed during the decomposition of these wastes combine with water to form what is referred to as Leachate. Leachate goes on to contaminate our underground and surface water as well as soil.

3) Global Warming: Greenhouse gasses like Methane is released from landfills. This gas depletes our Oxone layer 25 times faster than Carbon dioxide and consequently worsens the global warming situation.

Landfills also take up land that would rather be used for farming or construction.

Solution: The Asher
One Asher can clean up a 16 Hectare Landfill in a few Months. The Asher has a daily operating capacity of 16–20 hours and can take 2–4 Tonne of wastes every 60 Minutes. The result is an Inert (non-reactive) and non toxic Ash. This Ash can be used to make bricks for construction or fertilizer when mixed with animal dung. Amazing!

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