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[[Category:Non-Haz Landfill]] | [[Category:Non-Haz Landfill]] | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
[[Dunbar | [[Viridor Waste,Dunbar L/F,Oxwell Mains,Dunbar | Dunbar landfill]] was developed by [[Blue Circle Waste Management]] and then [[Viridor]] from the early 1990s onwards. Blue Circle Waste Management were acquired by Pennon in 1995 and were renamed Haul Waste Disposal thereafter, subsequently becoming known as Viridor in 1999. | ||
The site comprises a modern [[landfill]] engineered to Landfill Directive standards. | The site comprises a modern [[landfill]] engineered to Landfill Directive standards. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[Viridor Waste,Dunbar L/F,Oxwell Mains,Dunbar|Dunbar landfill]] was developed by [[Blue Circle Waste Management]] commencing in the early-1990s. It is located to the 4 km to the south-east of Dunbar, East Lothian. It adjoins a cement works and quarry operated by Lafarge (formerly Blue Circle Cement). It is located between the A1 trunk road and the East Coast mainline railway and is within 500m of the coast. | [[Viridor Waste,Dunbar L/F,Oxwell Mains,Dunbar | Dunbar landfill]] was developed by [[Blue Circle Waste Management]] commencing in the early-1990s. It is located to the 4 km to the south-east of Dunbar, East Lothian. It adjoins a cement works and quarry operated by Lafarge (formerly Blue Circle Cement). It is located between the A1 trunk road and the East Coast mainline railway and is within 500m of the coast. | ||
The site was previously a quarry producing feedstock for the adjoining cement works. | The site was previously a quarry producing feedstock for the adjoining cement works. | ||