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Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation pp 53–91Cite as

State of Practice

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The potential benefits of sustainable landfill practices have been illustrated historically through a series of laboratory, pilot-scale and operating facility experiments and demonstration. A series of case studies throughout the world are presented which illustrate the variety of goals, design approaches, constraints, and opportunities that may exist for a sustainable landfilling project. The chapter begins with a discussion of the transition of the sustainable landfilling concept from smaller-scale efforts (laboratory studies and pilot-scale testing) to full-scale implementation. Experiences from a number of North American full-scale operations are highlighted, followed by a discussion of sustainable landfill technology research and implementation from Asia, Australia, and Europe.

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  • Landfill
  • Leachate
  • Case study
  • Leachate
  • Gas

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  1. Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Timothy G. Townsend

  2. Innovative Waste Consulting Services, LLC, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Jon Powell & Pradeep Jain

  3. Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China

    Qiyong Xu

  4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Thabet Tolaymat

  5. Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Debra Reinhart

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Townsend, T.G., Powell, J., Jain, P., Xu, Q., Tolaymat, T., Reinhart, D. (2015). State of Practice. In: Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation. Waste Management Principles and Practice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2662-6_4

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