ABSTRACT
As nations industrialize, a problem that grows along with the process is the disposal of industrial wastes. The simplest and most obvious disposal methods are dumping solid wastes on marginal land and dumping liquid wastes into water courses. Both methods were used many years ago by businesses small and large. If marginal land was distant or economically unavailable, disposal was often done by burying the waste at convenient locations, either as compacted solids or in containers. The negative results of these practices have come home to roost.
