Book Description

A complete reference on all aspects of landfill engineering including landfill characteristics, measuring, analysis and modelling of landfill behaviour, recycling materials and landfill design; this handbook is a vital source of information on current methods of landfill use and management. Environmental pressures and changes in legislation, such as the EU Landfill Directive, are forcing us to rethink our attitudes towards landfill. The necessity of diverting and separating biodegradable domestic waste from hazardous waste, as well as an increased emphasis upon recycling waste materials is changing the engineering properties of landfill, which are a function not only of their physical characteristics, but also the chemistry of degradation. Increasing government pressure to redevelop brownfield land is driving the redevelopment of closed landfill sites, prompting engineers to reconsider the disposal of waste in new sites to enable their safe redevelopment in the future. This is a significant challenge; the engineering questions are considerable and have not been addressed in the literature to date. This book is an essential reference on the engineering of landfill materials, providing safe solutions to engineering problems from the construction and development of new landfill facilities, to the reuse and development on closed sites.