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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 cells which are raised as rapidly as [...]
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 projects over £300,000 in value, have been a legal requirement in England since April 2008, and are therefore needed for landfill works contracts. The [...]
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 alternative to natural clay. In fact this material may be the only option in regions where the local geology is such that no clay of [...]
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 carried out in 2007 at the landfills and even more is planned for 2008.
It was a busy year in terms of engineering at United Mines [...]
This summer was the second summer season, and the 4th stage of restoration capping at this Wexford County Council landfill during which Rowe Environmental provided capping construction quality assurance services.
The start of the works in June 2007 coincided with the uniqely heavy rainfall exprienced throughout the region that month. Although clay capping proceeded in between rain [...]
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