These guidelines provide a method for determining if wastes are acceptable for disposal to landfill. Under these guidelines, landfills with a higher standard of environmental protection (Class A landfills) will be able to accept wastes subject to less stringent criteria than those applicable to lower-standard (or Class B) landfills. This will result in hazardous wastes only being able to be accepted after they have been treated or stabilised to minimise hazards and then disposed of at landfills that offer an appropriately high standard of environmental protection.
This Waste Acceptance Criteria and Landfill Classification system provides a consistent and integrated approach for determining whether a waste is acceptable for disposal at a specific landfill. The system provides:
- waste acceptance criteria for the two landfill classes (Section 3: Landfill waste acceptance criteria, Section 5: Liquid waste definition, Section 6: Prohibited wastes and Appendix A: Total Concentration and Leachability Limits for Class A and Class B Landfills)
- a method for classifying landfills based on the level of natural and engineered containment. (Section 4: Landfill classification, Appendix D: Landfill Classification - Class A Requirements and Appendix E: Assessing Alternative Solutions for Class A Landfills).
Appendix F presents worked examples for landfill waste acceptance and landfill classification.
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2. The Waste Acceptance Criteria and Landfill Classification System
May 2004
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