Environmental security conditions of sanitary landfills for municipal soilid waste in Germany

Sanitary landfill was the main treatment method for municipal solid waste and many kinds of dangerous waste. The sanitary landfill sites are able to receive a great deal of waste. There would simultaneously be many problems, such as exploding of biogas, leaking of toxicant to outside environment and shortening utilization of the sites. The complete legal system of landfill, scientific construction and management were the most important part of the security of landfill site. The landfill of solid waste in Germany had been used for a long time and there were more advanced technology and management experience. Those legal system and technology and management experience of sanitary landfill sites in Germany introduced in this paper can serve the construction and management of the landfill in China.