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! Landfill Type !! Remaining Capacity (2019) (Cubic metres) !! % Split | ! EA Code !! Landfill Type !! Remaining Capacity (2019) (Cubic metres) !! % Split by Remaining Capacity !! Number of Sites !! Average Capacity per Site (Cubic metres) | ||
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| [[Non-Hazardous Landfill]] with [[Stabilised Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste]] cell || 69,446,709 || 5.0% | | L02||[[Non-Hazardous Landfill]] with [[Stabilised Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste]] cell || 69,446,709 || 5.0% || 50 || 1,388,934 | ||
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| [[Non-Hazardous Landfill]] || 160,160,458 || 18.7% | | L04|| [[Non-Hazardous Landfill]] || 160,160,458 || 18.7% || 204 || 785,100 | ||
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| [[Hazardous Landfill]] || 18,443,160 || 43.1% | | L01||[[Hazardous Landfill]] || 18,443,160 || 43.1% || 17 || 1,084,892 | ||
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| [[Inert Landfill]] || 122,375,212 || 33.0% | | L05||[[Inert Landfill]] || 122,375,212 || 33.0% || 259 || 472,491 | ||
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| Hazardous Restricted Landfill || 832,407 || 0.2% | | L06||Hazardous Restricted Landfill || 832,407 || 0.2% || 6 || 138,735 | ||
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| Total || 371,257,946 || | | || Total || 371,257,946 ||100% || 536 || 692,645 | ||
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The capacity of Non-Hazardous Landfill (with and without [[SNRHW]]) has been reducing at around 18 to 20 million cubic metres per year since 2015. At this continued rate of consumption, this landfill capacity would be filled within 10 years, unless further capacity was consented/bought into operation. | |||
==Landfill Overview== | ==Landfill Overview== | ||
The placement of waste in a landfill will slowly degrade over time, and in the case of the presence of [[Organic Waste]] within the [[Residual Waste]] going to landfill, it will breakdown to produce '''[[Landfill Gas]]''' and '''[[Leachate]]''' which have the potential to cause environmental pollution. As a result the selection of the site and the engineering and containment design to protect the environment, and specifically underlying groundwater, is critical to the successful delivery of a modern landfill. | The placement of waste in a landfill will slowly degrade over time, and in the case of the presence of [[Organic Waste]] within the [[Residual Waste]] going to landfill, it will breakdown to produce '''[[Landfill Gas]]''' and '''[[Leachate]]''' which have the potential to cause environmental pollution. As a result the selection of the site and the engineering and containment design to protect the environment, and specifically underlying groundwater, is critical to the successful delivery of a modern landfill. | ||