What Do US Landfill Lining Systems Have Which EU Linings Don’t?
This is a question for our expert visitors. The answer is: “Leakage Detection Layers”. We have quoted some text from a US landfill lining systems report. “The double-composite liner system, …,...
View ArticleSITA Cornwall Reports Successful Landfill Works After First 12 Months
SITA Cornwall News (January 2008) – reports: Improvement in compliance… Landfill SITA Cornwall’s two landfill sites play an important role in managing the county’s waste. A great deal of work was...
View ArticleThe Use of a Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL) in Conjunction with Drainage...
The use of a Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL) as the low permeability layer in landfill lining systems and restoration caps can provide a cost effective and readily Construction Quality Controlled...
View ArticleSite Waste Management Plans Now Needed for Landfill Development and...
Although the following topic is not directly a landfill CQA issue we thought that it would be of real interest to many of our readers. Compulsory site waste management plans (SWMPs) for construction...
View ArticleDense Asphaltic Concrete Can be an Alternative to HDPE Liners
Dense Asphaltic Concrete can be an extremely versatile product, suitable for many types of applications. The ancient civilizations of Egypt, Babylon and Assyria all used bituminous lining materials...
View ArticleDense Asphaltic Concrete as a Landfill Lining
Dense Asphaltic Concrete has been as a Landfill Lining membrane material for many years and although it is not commonly seen in the UK, it is used much more often in Europe, and particularly in...
View ArticleThe Use of Landfill Tyre Drainage Layers and Their Hydraulic Capability Under...
Leachate drainage layers are necessary in most waste landfill sites to minimise the accumulation of leachate within the site and they reduce the risk of contamination of surrounding ground and...
View ArticleLandfill Engineering and Environmental Conflicts
The need to manage leachate and landfill gas will continue until the wastes contained within a site no longer have the potential to cause problems in their specific location. In fact the pressure to...
View ArticleGCL as an Alternative to a Low Permeability Clay Layer or HDPE Lining Membrane
The often proposed alternative landfill liner system to Low Permeability Clay Layer or HDPE Lining Membrane consists of replacing the default design of compacted clay liner (CCL) with a Geosynthetic...
View ArticleThe Need for Landfill CQA: Background to the EU Legislation
European Directives Arguably, the most important European legislation relevant to landfill containment is embodied within the Council Directive of 17 December 1979 on the protection of groundwater...
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