A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR ENHANCED LANDFILL MINING
Frederic Coulon
Stuart Wagland
Zoe Griffiths
10.17862/cranfield.rd.6154799.v2
https://cord.cranfield.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/A_DECISION_SUPPORT_TOOL_FOR_ENHANCED_LANDFILL_MINING/6154799
<p>Enhanced Landfill Mining has great potential to reduce the
negative effects of landfills on both the environment and human health, to
reclaim valuable land and provide a new source of raw materials. However,
uncertainties in economic feasibility and environmental and social outcomes act
as a bottleneck to its widespread uptake. Here, we present a decision support
tool which aims to reduce these uncertainties by assisting site operators in assessing
the economic, environmental and social consequences of a proposed project,
while also evaluating the best technology train to use and the amount of rare
earth elements present. Such a tool is the first of its kind and we propose its
use as an initial assessment aid prior to more complex modelling of project
feasibility in order to increase the uptake of enhanced landfill mining
practices in the field of sustainable waste management.</p>
2018-05-03 10:13:30
landfill mining process
decision support tools
Sustainable Common-Pool Resource
circular economy
Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation)
Environmental Management
Environmental Science