Tipping on landfills is still the most widely used method to dispose of our waste. Europe only counts over a 150,000 landfills which represents an estimated total volume of 30 to 50 billion m3 of waste. Landfills are still considered to be threat to society and the environment. This picture however is outdated at the majority of the landfills.
Investigations have shown that landfills cause less hazardous than expected. Natural self-cleaning processes in the landfill body (Natural Attenuation) are able to neutralize concentrations of pollutants to admissible emissions levels. Taking into account this knowledge, Royal Haskoning developed innovative methodologies and measures to reduce the negative environmental impact of landfills in a sustainable way.
Comparable to the European waste hierarchy, we introduce the “Landfill Hierarchy” with regard to the sustainable solutions for landfills. This landfill hierarchy consists of the following prioritized solutions:
- MFL-concept Material recovery from landfills
- SLM-concept Sustainable Landfill Management
- TLM-concept Traditional landfill management
- ROLS-concept Re-use and redevelopment of landfill sites (always applicable after using one of the three options MFL, SLM or TLM)
Royal Haskoning is active in the field of landfill management for many decades. Our experience and knowledge in the field of landfill management combined with these in the fields of waste management, renewable energy, spatial development and urban planning enables us to provide an optimal integrated approach with respect to sustainable and socially accepted solutions. Our services cover the total chain of from idea to realisation.
Policy research
• Risk assessment
• Technical Feasibility studies
• Financial-economic feasibility
• (Re)development concept
• Sustainable disposal concept
• Emission reduction
• Maintenance visions
Plan Development
• Project management
• Process management
• Strategic montoring plans
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Spatial (re)development plans
• Biogas extraction and utilisation
• Environmental hygiene research
• Civil engineering consultancy
• Financial-economic research
• Communication
Realisation
• Tender documents
• Tender procedures
• Detaild engineering design
• Permits
• Supervision
• Remediation
• Landfill mining
• Data management
• Knowledge transfer
• Monitoring and maintenance