Purifying water from landfill sites. Worker comparing purified water (centre) with lixiviant collected from a landfill. Lixiviant is the accumulated l

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Purifying water from landfill sites. Worker comparing purified water (centre) with 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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