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Landfill guidance

Here is the technical guidance that will help you understand the standards we want you to achieve when you design and manage a landfill site. It covers the following areas:

  • waste acceptance;
  • monitoring of landfill leachate, groundwater and surface water;
  • landfill engineering;
  • landfill gas;
  • other technical guidance.  

Guidance is being developed on the surrender of permits, and guidance on financial provision and waste acceptance is being revised. We expect to publish these by August 2010.  

Waste acceptance

The documents below provide technical guidance on waste acceptance at landfill sites. Further information is available on the waste acceptance at landfills page.

Monitoring guidance

The documents below provide technical guidance on the monitoring of landfill leachate, groundwater and surface water within and around landfill sites:

Landfill engineering guidance

We require that proposals for landfills are designed in such a way as to protect the environment. The documents below give specific guidance on various aspects of landfill engineering:

Landfill gas guidance

We require that proposals for landfills are designed in such a way as to protect the environment. The documents below give specific guidance on various aspects of landfill gas management. These are currently being revised and the updated documents should be out for consultation shortly.

Other technical guidance