Long-term Role of Landfill and Land Raising in Waste Management

Landfill or landraising will remain the predominant disposal methods for the short to medium term and in the longer term will remain the BPEO for certain materials such as incineration residues, mineral wastes, other inert materials and residual wastes that cannot be recycled or treated further. These disposal methods will therefore have a long term role as part of an integrated waste management strategy and in the interim may be required to take other waste while a network of alternative waste treatment facilities is developed. Waste disposal proposals will be expected to include a statement identifying the waste implications of the development, measures taken to minimise and manage the waste generated, a critical analysis of the alternative methods of treatment for the particular waste material and its potential for recycling, composting or energy recovery.