Decription:

This publication is a revised and updated version of Landfill Engineering Guidelines originally included as Part 4 in Our Waste: Our Responsibility, published by the Centre for Advanced Engineering in 1992.

Landfill siting, design, operations and monitoring have undergone major advances over the last thirty years. Awareness of the issues related to managing various categories of waste, together with growing concerns over the environmental effects of waste disposal, have seen significant improvement in the siting, design, operation and monitoring of waste disposal facilities in countries where waste disposal practices are not dictated entirely by cost.

However, current practice remains variable throughout New Zealand.

These revised guidelines have been written to:

* reinforce key components of the 1992 Landfill Engineering Guidelines;
* outline key issues and requirements with respect to the applicable legislation;
* provide additional guidance on siting, design and construction, with respect to new landfills and lateral expansions of existing landfills; and provide additional guidance on operations and monitoring at all operating landfills.