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 Improving these sites would entail emptying the pit, sorting and shipping out the salvageable stuff, doing the necessary soil and groundwater testing and any environmental restoration, and building proper lined (and eventually capped) pits to contain whatever waste couldn't be salvaged. Improving these sites would entail emptying the pit, sorting and shipping out the salvageable stuff, doing the necessary soil and groundwater testing and any environmental restoration, and building proper lined (and eventually capped) pits to contain whatever waste couldn't be salvaged.
  
-Landfill Mining can even be used to empty out and close a landfill for good, removing a potential safety hazard and opening the land to restoration or some other use such as redevelopment. This is sometimes done in the US, where the 30-year monitoring requirements from date of closure mean that a landfill which is not in use still (correctly) remains an ongoing expense for the community.+Landfill Mining can even be used to empty out and close a landfill for good, removing a potential safety hazard and opening the land to restoration or some other use such as redevelopment. This is sometimes done in the US, where the 30-year monitoring requirements from date of closure mean that a landfill which is not in use still (correctly) remains an ongoing budget expense for the community (in addition to the often untracked ecological and health costs).
  
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