Landfill engineering

McBean, E.A., Rovers, F. A., and Farquhar, G.J., Solid Waste Landfill Engineering and Design, Prentice-Hall PTR, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995. 

Based on the research achievements and with support from an expert committee, BAM s own Laboratory of Landfill Engineering developed the technical specifications for plastic geomembranes and protective layers used to line landfills and contaminated sites, which have been published in certification guidelines (Muller 1995 Muller 2001), where recommendations and guidelines of specialist associations have been referenced as far as possible. In accordance with these specifications only HDPE geomembranes have been certified for landfill applications. 

Muller WW (ed) (2001) Certification Guidelines for Plastic Geomembranes Used to Line Landfills and Contaminated Sites. Laboratory of Landfill Engineering, BAM, Berhn... 

Available from Laboratory IV.32, Landfill Engineering, BAM/Berlin. 

Ever since the first landfills became operative in the UK in 1912 (Hasan 1995), leachate has been an environmental problem. These landfills exploited soils and rock formations rich in clay, relying upon their natural characteristics for the containment of contaminants present in the leachates. Due to the low permeability of the clay minerals they contain (1 x 10 and 1 x 10 cm/s), formations such as the Oxford Clay in the UK and Fort Benton in the USA were the primary target of landfill engineers. It was hoped that clay minerals present in situ in rock formations underlying the chosen landfill sites would reduce the flow of leachate. In addition, the clay formations were relied on to attenuate the potentially harmful substances contained in the leachates by a variety of sorption processes absorption, adsorption and cation exchange. 

With exposed wire and textiles can only be used in landfill engineering as replacement aggregate at present ... 

For the civil engineering and landfill engineering market sectors, there may be applicable standards in the relevant categories listed in Section 6.4.3.2. 

The Use of Rubber Crumb in Civil Engineering and Landfill Engineering Applications... 

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