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Requirements for the design of a sanitary landfill in the Netherlands are described in the Dutch “Stortbesluit” and underlying technical directives.
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (Nederland)
Project: COCOON
NAVOS: survey remediation of former landfills in the Netherlands. Four scenarios where formulated for the factors effectiveness, cost, and cost distribution.
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (Nederland)
Project: COCOON
COREL: A method for governments and financiers to take responsibility for the multifunctional regeneration of former landfills.
Location: Gelderland, Netherlands (Nederland)
Project: COCOON
The Flemish ELFM Consortium started to promote mining as a form of dynamic landfill management. The network grew beyond the region’s border and became EURELCO
Location: Prov. Antwerpen, Belgium (Belgique-België)
Project: COCOON
Sustainable Landfill Management (SLM) aims to determine a method to reduce the emission potential of landfills which lead to a cost-effective approach.
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (Nederland)
Project: COCOON
Permanent closure and rehabilitation of a non-engineered landfill on the Island of Gozo.
Location: Malta, Malta
Project: COCOON
The rehabilitation of a closed landfill into a leisure area and the adjacent valley restoration and storm water control.
Location: Malta, Malta
Project: COCOON
A controlled facility for the reception, sorting, processing, interim storage and transfer of waste.
Location: Malta, Malta
Project: COCOON
Rejects of municipal waste pretreatment process undergoes aerobic fermentation before landfilling in order to improve landfill management in long term
Location: Andalucía, Spain (España)
Project: COCOON
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