LANDFILL MINING - WASTE FOR RE-USE AND INCINERATION WITH ENERGY RECOVERY - GERRINGE LANDFILL, DENMARK

摘要

In February 2011, the pilot Landfill Mining project was approved in Denmark. The aim of the project was to excavate waste for recycling and combustible waste suited for incineration with energy recovery. The excavation was done in an eight-month period. However, the project was classified as a failure and brought to a halt ahead of schedule. It was possible to excavate and sort MSW with a high potential (equivalent to 50%), whilst the potential of waste for re-use was lower than expected (< 1 %). Thus, the quality was poor and difficult to sell with profit.