there's the leachate containment and treatment plant.leason: leachates, water that percolates through the garbage, gets into the ground, and they get concerned. "is this polluted water?" it gets out to the waterways. it can get into the groundwater, and that's a problem. we're putting a system around the landfill to contain it, putting in drains to collect it, and then we'll treat it, then discharge it safely into the waterways. the geo-textile cover is put over the clay and earth cap. then finally, there's a cover of grasses, part of an ecological restoration that includes many progressive experimental projects. how did i get onto this path that led me to sitting in an office at "landfill engineering and recycling" headquarters? this is going to sound strange, but it happened when i had a baby. as a mother, i became a maintenance worker. i had a degree in international relations. another degree in art. and as i'm doing these repetitive tasks taking care of the baby, all of a sudden i had an honest-to-god revelation. if i'm the artist, a