Dimmer Landfill Site
| Dimmer Landfill Site | |
 See Non-Hazardous Landfill → page for a wider UK perspective. | |
| Waste Licence | UP3139BB (UP3139BB) |
| Operator | Valencia Waste |
Void
| Year | Total Void[1] |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 745494 |
| 2019 | 603931 |
Summary site information collated from a variety of sources
including: Monksleigh, Ellard Associates, EA, WasteDataFlow,
SEPA, NRW, DEFRA, BEIS and owner and developer websites
Summary
History
Dimmer landfill was opened in 1970 by Somerset County Council and was operated directly by them until responsibility was passed to Wyvern Waste Services Limited (WWS). WWS was a LAWDC (Local Authority Waste Disposal Company) formed by Somerset County Council in 1991; the assets at Dimmer were passed to WWS in 1992.
Somerset County Council sold its LAWDC to Viridor in 2006, the company name subsequently changing to Viridor Waste (Somerset) Limited in June 2006.
Some of the land used by the site was previously used as a ordnance dump during the second world war by the US military; very limited evidence of the former use is still visible on the site. Otherwise the land occupied by the site has historically been agricultural land.
The site is comprised of two principal parts - the original site and the extension area, but to all intents and purposes, the two sites are operated as one site. The site is a landraise (rather than a landfill) being constructed above original ground levels with no mineral extraction for off-site sale.
The Waste Management Licence was changed to an Environmental Permit in 2003/4 as required by the changing legislation at the time.
The capacity at the site as originally granted Planning Permission was circa xxxxx cubic metres; this was subsequently increased upon approval of an extension in xxxx to around xxxx cubic metres.
Geology
The site is underlain by interbedded mudstone and limestone of the Langport Member, which is of late Triassic and early Jurassic age and forms part of what is known as the Blue Lias. Excavations and site investigation at the site suggest that locally this largely comprises low-permeability lithologies.
Title
Tonnage Handled
Only Waste Codes receiving over 5,000t are shown.
Waste Tonnage, EWC List
The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit UP3139BB, that has arrived into sites as reported to the Regulator and then publicised in their reported statistics. The Data used is the most current. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: Expression error: Unexpected < operator.t.
| EWC Code | Description | Tonnes In |
|---|
References
- ↑ Units are in m3 for England and Wales, and Tonnes for Scotland.