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Bird Rock is built by cleaning and reusing of 90.000 m3 contaminated soil and nowadays the structure provides a safe breeding ground for multiple bird species.
Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands (Nederland)
Project: COCOON
The surface systems contain of two layers, which in combination interrupt capillary flow and water infiltration into the landfill body.
Location: Brandenburg, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
The practice "Restoration of non-compliant landfill site in Tersefanou Larnaka District», one of the 10 high risk landfill sites of Cyprus.
Location: Κύπρος, Cyprus (Κυπρος)
Project: COCOON
The Waste Management Plant in Koshi receives all the municipal waste from the Districts of Larnaka, Ammochostos and Nicosia and aims to avoid illegal dumping.
Location: Κύπρος, Cyprus (Κυπρος)
Project: COCOON
The aerobic in situ stabilisation accelerates biodegradation processes in landfills with an acceleration factor 3-5 compared to anaerobic degradation.
Location: Hamburg, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
Surface capping and basal liners have to meet defined technical standards. The monitoring of the installed quality is defined in the quality management plan.
Location: Brandenburg, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
The practice describes a method created by IPCC to calculate the amount of landfill gas production.
Location: Stuttgart, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
Evaluation of the measured groundwater pollution (gwp) by comparison with trigger level (tl) and forecast over the period until the gwp falls below the tl.
Location: Brandenburg, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
Brandenburg police to classificate small landfills in a rural area, ruled by the “Guideline for closing measures of landfills with low risk potential”.
Location: Brandenburg, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
A surface capping system was installed with requirements to soil quality that maximizes evapotranspiration and reduces the groundwater recharge rate.
Location: Brandenburg, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
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