AN EVALUATION OF THE FEASIBILITY AND VIABILITY OF LANDFILL MINING AND RECLAMATION (LFMR) FROM A UK PERSPECTIVE

摘要

Landfill Mining and Reclamation (LFMR) is the extraction of valuable materials from landfill sites, with subsequent recovery of void space or the redevelopment of the land. The first documented project took place in Israel in 1953. Since then, in excess of 60 worldwide projects have been reported in the literature. This is a small number given the tens of thousands, or more, landfills in existence around the world. Most projects have been undertaken for drivers other than resource and energy recovery, including moving waste to make way for specific developments, void space recovery, pollution mitigation and bringing the landfill lining up to required standards. Many of the projects to date that have focused on resource recovery have been trials or research projects.