technical guidelines for the disposal to land of residual waste and other material

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TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE DISPOSAL TO LAND OF RESIDUAL WASTE AND OTHER MATERIAL

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• How we got here • Funding provided from MfE under

WasteMINZ strategic alliance• Two years of funding• Significant in-kind support• Governance (WasteMINZ and MfE)• Project Team (MfE, DFOs, TAs, RC, Industry,

Consultants)

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• Key things to note • It’s forward looking!• Sorry , but this isn’t going to solve all your

current/historic compliance issues• It is still a guideline and needs support and

adoption to be successful

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• Objectives • define waste types intended for disposal• define classes of landfill based on waste types• provide a consistent approach to landfill

siting, design, operations and monitoring• make good practice recommendations on key

technical requirements for siting, design, operations and monitoring of landfills based on landfill class.

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• Land Disposal Technical Guidelines• Revise• CAE Landfill Guidelines (2000)• Guide to the Management of Cleanfills

• Three major changes• Landfill classification• Good practice design• Waste acceptance criteria

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• Disposal to land means the final deposit of fill and/or waste materials into or onto land set apart for that purpose (landfill)

• However the guidelines do not include:• earthworks operations• farm dumps • offal holes

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• Guidelines reflect current situation where “cleanfills” range from site accepting only VENM to sites accepting quantities of C&D waste or contaminated soils

• Recognize that different wastes require sites with different levels of environmental protection

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• Draft – we want your feedback!• Draft likely to come our for consultation mid

to late June• We need your feedback! This document is

here to help you!

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