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journal contribution
posted on 2017-04-21, 10:46 authored by Luisa Canopoli, Stuart WaglandStuart Wagland, Frederic CoulonFrederic CoulonAn
era of rising consumption has led to resource scarcity across major industries.
One way to overcome this challenge and ascertain future supply of resources is
recovery of landfilled material. This so-called landfilled mining may valorise
previously discarded material streams for a number of purposes and contribute
to a circular economy. Across England and Wales, there are more than 20,000
landfill sites of which 90% have been closed before 1996. Besides the general
belief that valuable resources can be found within landfills, mining the waste
has a number of additional benefits. One stems from the fact that they often
lack modern environmental protection technology, which may lead to negative
environmental and health impacts. The combination of these facts poses an
interesting opportunity for combined resource-recovery and remediation
strategies. The report at hand is in place to assess viability and feasibility
of landfill mining processes across England and Wales in a step-wise approach