Oil leak from ageing landfill
INVESTIGATIONS have been launched by both Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency into reports of oil spotted leaking from the ageing Blackdog...
Whale laid to rest at Canterbury landfill site
Last week (19 October) Viridor’s Shelford Landfill site in Canterbury started the process of laying to rest a 36 foot (11metre) juvenile fin whale...
Site sniffer will warn of odours
AN ‘electronic nose’ could give advance warning to landfill operators of unacceptable odours becoming a problem.
Now available in the UK, the technology can...
CH4nge is in the air? Comparing laser and FID for landfill emissions monitoring
The accurate and effective monitoring of surface methane emissions levels is critical to the safe operation of landfill and waste management sites. However, methane...
Student dissertation adds detail to landfill mining feasibility
Decontamination of landfills and open dumpsites could prove profitable, both financially and for the environment, as many researchers and waste experts are beginning to...
Landfilling, rather than incineration, might be best for low grade waste plastics, says recycling...
With levels of waste plastics rising in the UK as a result of China's National Sword scrap import policies, the debate is picking up...
Landfill methane detector avoids false readings and cross-gassing effects
A new methane detector is said to be ideal for landfill surface emissions monitoring (SEM).
The LANDTEC SEM5000 methane (CH4) detector from Q.E.D. Environmental...
The life left in landfill: Veolia describes its recent stewardship of sites
Resource management firm Veolia has released information about its recent stewardship of landfill sites, supporting the claim that "there’s still life left in landfill...
SEPA figures show recovering recycling rate in Scotland
Statistics published on 27 September by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reveal some of the impact of COVID-19 polcies on recycling. The figures...
Scanning software prevents scanners going to landfill
VueScan, a firm claiming to offer the world's most widely used scanning software, says it has prevented over 412,500 scanners from going to landfill...
Oxidation approach to destroying PFAS demonstrated at US facility
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) conducted live demonstrations of its industrial Supercritical Water Oxidation (iSCWO) system for destroying PFAS chemicals before a delegation of...
SEPA landfill plan aims to improve compliance and assist transition to a circular economy
SEPA has launched an ambitious plan that it says will "drive environmental compliance at Scotland’s landfill sites, harness innovation and help the sector responsibly...
Lakeside EfW’s zero-waste-to-landfill status attributed to patented technology
A seemingly pioneering arrangement between Carbon8 Aggregates and the Lakeside Energy from Waste (EfW) facility at Colnbrook in Berkshire has seen the latter achieve...
Sponsored Content: Out with the old leachate removal solutions
Leachate Solutions has introduced what it describes as a more up to date alternative process for the removal of dissolved methane and CO2 from water and leachate.
Landfill and recycling both down, and incineration on the up: Scotland waste summary 2020...
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) published statistics on 7 December detailing household waste collected across all local authorities during 2020, as well as...
Landfill sites: not just a load of rubbish, say biotechnology researchers
Cellulose fiber from rice straw viewed with a scanning electron microscope. Landfill sites contain high volumes of cellulose, and lignin, a polymer largely responsible...
Battery enables landfill gas to balance with the gas grid
Flexible energy generation specialist Ylem Energy has installed the UK’s very first 1MW battery energy storage system alongside an existing landfill-gas generator to enable the site to participate in the National Grid’s Balancing Mechanism .
New flaring technology extends lifespan of ageing landfill gas sites
Landfill support firm Biogas Technology has demonstrated a successful new low-calorific flaring solution to manage diminishing methane gas emissions on closed landfill sites. ...
Catch up time for British Isles
Austria, Germany and Belgium are recycling the largest proportion of municipal waste in Europe in 2010. But the UK and Ireland are chasing hard.
THOSE...
How big is the toxic gas risk from old landill sites?
THE risk from toxic landfill sites is difficult to judge, and the case of 7-year old Zane Gbangbola may illustrate why. Zane died in...
