Tag:landuse=landfill

Main article: Waste Processing

A site for permanent or long term storage of waste materials. Also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump or dumping ground and historically as a midden.

Materials are sometimes buried or covered, sometimes simply piled.

How to map

Draw the outline of the landfill and tag it with landuse=landfill.

To distinguish between:

Sanitary landfill

When it's formally established, official, controlled, made according to health and environmental standards, use just landuse=landfill.

Unofficial dumping grounds

When it's informal, unofficial, uncontrolled, may be polluting waterways and underground waters, soil, etc. Use landuse=landfill + informal=yes. (As proposed in tagging list).

Nuclear dump or cache

landfill:waste=nuclear

Retired/capped landfills

• abandoned:landuse=landfill if the landfill is abandoned no longer visible (for example, capped and covered with grass or trees)
• landuse=landfill + disused=yes for landfills which are still present on the ground, but are no longer in operation

Examples

Related tags

• amenity=waste_basket - A single small container for depositing garbage that is easily accessible for pedestrians.
• amenity=waste_disposal - A medium size disposal bin, typically for bagged up household or industrial waste. May be in the street, but not primarily for use by passing pedestrians.
• amenity=recycling + recycling_type=container: A container that accepts waste for recycling.
• amenity=recycling + recycling_type=centre: A centre/facility that accepts waste for recycling.
• amenity=waste_transfer_station: A location that accepts, consolidates and transfers waste in bulk, usually from government or commercial collections.
• man_made=spoil_heap: Where rock or sediment is dumped after being extracted from a quarry or riverbed.

See also

• Landfill on Wikipedia
• leretourdelautruche.com - Map of nuclear sectors around the world, including nuclear landfills