The need for a new approach to landfill financing and aftercare

Beaven, R.P., Knox, K. and Gronow, J.R. (2013) The need for a new approach to landfill financing and aftercare. Fourteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Cagliari, Italy. 30 Sep - 04 Oct 2013.

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Abstract

The key major aspects of landfill operation and management that remain unresolved are the extended timescale and uncertain funding of the post-closure (Aftercare) period. This paper proposes a landfill tax rebate as a financial driver to encourage operators to apply techniques for accelerated stabilization that could unlock the current impasse to resolve these two key issues. The rebate could be accommodated within existing regulatory and tax regimes. Rebates would be paid on two bases: (i) a payment for every accelerated tonne of nitrogen (or other agreed leachate marker) removed via leachate; (ii) a payment for every accelerated tonne of non-commercially viable carbon removed via LFG collection and treatment. The rebates would be set at a level that would make it financially attractive for operators to implement and would encourage engineering improvements of technologies such as recirculation, in situ aeration, and accelerated flushing.

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