Geosynthetic Materials: Use of Pozidrain in Landfill Capping
We will occasionally post capping design information on this blog. We hope that you will find these posts interesting. To guarantee a landfill cap which will drain adequately and for effective gas...
View ArticleLandfill Settlement and the Construction Quality Assurance Role
The operator of a modern landfill site in responding to the requirements for minimising leachate generation is likely to fill the site rapidly within small constrained areas to reduce rainfall...
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Rowe Environmental Completes Penultimate Capping Stage at Killurin Landfill
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...
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 ArticleHow to Design a Permanent Geological Exposure in a Landfill
One of the most common locations for landfills are worked out quarries and quarries suitable for landfill are an increasingly valuable resource for this reason. In a growing number of cases suitable...
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US EPA Landfill Capping
The following applies to the typical RCRA Subtitle C Landfill Cap System Landfill Capping is the most widespread type of remediation since it is in general less pricey than other technologies and...
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 ArticleLandfill Closure – Capping Requirements and Materials Used
The most critical components of a landfill cap are the barrier layer and the drainage layer. The barrier (sealing) layer can be low-permeability soil (clay) and/or made from geosynthetic clay liners...
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