Allow temporary on-site storage of the wrapped bales and facilitate waste management and transport planning.

No need for covered trailers or trucks to transport the waste.

Control loose litters, odors, leachate, and disease vectors right from the time of baling till the burial of the waste.

Reduce health risk to workers.

Improve public image and community relations.

Save valuable landfill space by eliminating the 6 in. (150 mm) of daily cover material required by many regulatory agencies.

Eliminate labor, operating and equipment costs for applying soil or other alternative daily cover to the waste.

Control blowing litter, odors, fires, disease vectors, and scavenging as required.

Provide continuous coverage of the waste.

Allow biogas and leachate collection when the film starts to degrade.

Aesthetically appealing.