Solid Waste Landfilling
Processes, Technology, and Environmental Impacts

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Solid Waste Landfilling: Processes, Technology and Environmental Impacts provides interdisciplinary information on the concepts, processes and various technologies for promoting stabilization and minimizing environmental impacts in landfills. The book starts with the methods of pre-treatment of waste, and then continues through long-term aftercare and remediation. As the main challenges in waste management are the reduction and proper treatment of waste and the appropriate use of waste streams, the book satisfies the needs of a modern landfill, covering waste pre-treatment, in situ treatment, long-term behavior, closure, aftercare, environmental impact and sustainability.

The book is written for practitioners who need specific information on the options available for landfill construction and operation, but also addresses the needs of those who are concerned about the possible return of these sites to landscapes and their subsequent uses for future generations.



  • Includes input by international contributors from a vast number of disciplines
  • Provides worldwide approaches and technologies
  • Showcases the interdisciplinary nature of the topic
  • Focuses on sustainability, covering the lifecycle of landfills under the concept of minimizing environmental impact
  • Presents knowledge of the legal framework and economic aspects of landfilling
  • Features editors who are key researchers on landfilling, and who organize the annual Sardinia Symposium, the most renowned symposium in waste management

1. General Aspects 2. Landfill Concepts 3. Processes 4. Ex-Situ Treatments 5. Geotechnical Aspects 6. Landfill Hydraulic Aspects 7. Liner Systems 8. Drainage Systems 9. Gas Management 10. Leachate Management 11. Topcovers 12. Leachate Recirculation 13. Planning and Design 14. Sustainable Landfilling 15. Operation 16. Aftercare and Afteruse 17. Environmental Impacts 18. Uncontrolled Emissions 19. Remediation 20. Special Waste Landfilling 21. Economic Aspects

Raffaello Cossu is Full Professor in Waste Management and Dean of the Environmental Engineering School at Padova University. He is Chairman of "Sardinia" International Symposia on Waste Management and Landfilling, and “Venice” Symposium on Biomass and waste to energy; Co-chairman of Crete Conference on Hazardous waste. Dr. Cossu is Past President of IWWG (International Waste Working Group) and is currently Editor in Chief of the journal Waste Management published by Elsevier, He has authored more than 200 articles and conference papers and co-edited four international books on landfilling technology.
Rainer Stegmann retired in 2008 as Professor Head of the Institute of Waste Management at the Hamburg University of Technology. He has been a visiting professor at several Universities and has coordinated several international and national research projects. He is a member of the environmental advisory board for waste company Shanks, UK. And Chairman of IWWG (International Waste Working Group). Dr. Stegmann has authored more than 300 scientific papers and several international books.