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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:
The household waste landfill “Litzholz” was to be technically improved in the existing areas and generously expanded. The replanning of the landfill (including the expansion) covered about 25 ha. The future expansion area is to be used to deposit ash and slag from waste incineration.
In the existing areas, the landfill has a landfill floor with a mineral seal and partly with a combination seal. The existing landfill section will be degassed. The collected leachate is fed into treatment. The other landfill sections are to be fitted with a combined seal. Furthermore, a surface seal (also a combination seal) is planned for the entire landfill.
Completion: October 1995
Services performed by ICP:
ICP carried out the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the measures described above. The EIA included both an inventory of the environmental impacts and the prognosis of future effects on water, soil, air, fauna, flora and humans from the planned landfill expansion. To this end, geological and hydrogeological investigations were first carried out. Furthermore, a soil survey was prepared and the dust emissions in the immediate vicinity of the landfill were determined.
The EIA described the expected effects of the landfill on the environment and the measures to be taken to avoid, reduce or compensate for these effects. For this purpose, the permeability of the subsoil was determined and various dispersion calculations were made.
Landfill gas and leachate emissions, odours, noise and dust were taken into account in the EIA.