Purifying water from landfill sites. Worker checking a filter being used in the process of purifying lixiviant collected from a landfill. Lixiviant is

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Purifying water from landfill sites. Worker checking a filter being used in the process of purifying lixiviant collected from a landfill. Lixiviant is the accumulated liquid that has leached out of and through rubbish buried in landfill. This liquid can be collected and purified to produce clean water. Photographed in France in 2010.

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