Guidance

Our approach to landfill engineering: LFE1

The Environment Agency require that proposals for landfills are designed in such a way as to protect the environment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 23 June 2014

This publication was withdrawn on 30 January 2020

This document has been replaced by how the Environment Agency makes decisions on landfill engineering in the Landfill operators: environmental permits manual.

Documents

LFE1 - Our approach to landfill engineering

Ref: LIT 4119

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Details

Operators are expected to adopt a principle of ‘Landfill by design’. This means, landfill operators are expected to use sound scientific techniques and detailed calculations to design a specific solution to protect the environment from the particular risks at the proposed location.

Published 23 June 2014