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De Blankaart landfill mining project: an economic viable case
Thanks to years of qualitative landfill management, the De Blankaart landfill now contains a product valuable enough to mine and re-use the site afterwards.
Location: Prov. West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Belgique-België)
Project: COCOON
Project :metabolon - Innovative interim use of the Leppe landfill
The conversion of the Leppe landfill by the project :metabolon exemplifies an innovative interim use with a focus on research, education and circular economy.
Location: Köln, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
Groundwater observation of landfills
Groundwater Monitoring (GM) is the crucial element of landfill supervisory measures. The German Guideline WÜ98 defines the mandatory scope of GM.
Location: Brandenburg, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
Complex remediation of a closed landfill below groundwater level - Case Hennickendorf
A closed landfill in an old clay pit with ascending ground water was remediated by enclosure of the landfill body by a sealing wall and a surface sealing system
Location: Brandenburg, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
Database ALKAT
ALKAT is a database management system for brownfields. It can be used for the documentation of landfills.
Location: Brandenburg, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
Geophysical Prospection (ERT) for the detection of leachate in a Municipal Solid Waste landfill
Evaluate landfill stability regarding to the leachate accumulations in the waste mass in landfills, using electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT)
Location: Andalucía, Spain (España)
Project: COCOON
Zaventem: turning an old landfill into a buffer basin to prevent flooding
A ward in the municipality of Zaventem suffered from floodings. The problem was solved by turning a local landfill into a buffer basin.
Location: Prov. Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium (Belgique-België)
Project: COCOON
Temporary storage on landfills policy in Flanders
Flemish temporary storage policy is part of the mindshift that landfills are not the terminus of a linear economy. Instead, it is part of the circular economy.
Location: Prov. Antwerpen, Belgium (Belgique-België)
Project: COCOON
CHARM: Airborne Detection of Methane emissions of landfills
Detection of Methane emission hot spots and measurement of the total methane emission of a landfill by using the helicopter-based CHARM-technology.
Location: Brandenburg, Germany (Deutschland)
Project: COCOON
Brownfieldcovenants as an instrument to revitalize former landfill sites
Landfill sites can be seen as a specific kind of brownfields, therefore those redevelopment processes and instruments were customized for landfills in Flanders.
Location: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium (Belgique-België)
Project: COCOON
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Save the date - 6th thematic event - Nov 12-13, 2019

The sixth thematic event will focus on the economic and legal aspects of landfill management projects and will take place on November 12-14 in Malta.

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Thematic event recycling technology in LfM projects

The fifth thematic event on July 2-3, 2019 focused on the recycling technologies in landfill management projects. Do you want to know what was on the programme?

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