SITA 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 ArticleLandfill Settlement: The Basics Discussed
Current landfill site practice in response to the requirements of the Waste Regulations (UK) is to minimise leachate generation. To achieve this the operator fills the site, in a series of phases or...
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 ArticleWhy Landfill Construction Quality Assurance is so Important to the...
Landfills nowadays each contain huge amounts of organic materials and hold a huge potential to pollute the local groundwater for generations in the containment systems upon which their design is based...
View ArticleHow to Do Landfill CQA Up to the Start of the Construction Works
Landfill CQA Actions up to the Start of Construction Once the landfill design engineer has completed the landfill design and the specification has been substantially completed, it is possible to write...
View ArticleLandfill Designers and Specifiers Beware of Blocked Drainage Layer Geotextiles
Inferior geocomposite drainage layers threaten landfill slips Whether or not due to recessionary pressures on profits for contractors, or inexperienced contractors bidding outside their normal...
View ArticleThe Modern Landfill Design Concepts in the UK and Europe which Landfill CQA...
There is very little information available about the motivations and origins of the design principles behind the work of a landfill CQA engineer, so we decided to write this (based on a 1994 paper by...
View ArticleGas Proof Membrane Design Basics for Landfill Use
To fulfil its needed function a gas evidence membrane must have both a reduced permeability to landfill gases and sufficient strength characteristics to prevent tearing or puncturing during laying and...
View ArticleDoes Carbonate Aggregate Really Do Any Harm in Landfill Leachate Drainage Stone?
In the design of municipal landfill leachate collection systems, some state regulatory agencies require carbonate content of leachate collection system aggregate not to exceed 15 percent by weight....
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