Abstract:
Human wastes constitute an ever-growing by-product of civilization. Several catastrophic landslides have taken place in these so-called sanitary land fills. It is apparent that geotechnical and environmental engineers follow divergent paths to solve the related technical problems. Part I of this paper addresses the development of mechanical sciences leading to Soil Mechanics (1925) and Rock Mechanics (1960). Part II is dedicated to show how these sciences and arts are applied to huge accumulations of garbage of what could be referred to as anthropic wastes
