The economics of landfill mining shredder residue: focus on the aftercare

Rosendal, Renè Møller

doi:10.15626/eco-tech.2014.015

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“…For landfill management alternatives such as aftercare or remediation, the choice is also influenced by the characteristics of the landfill, its content, and its surroundings (Brennan et al, 2016;Laner et al, 2012). At the system level, the landfill management alternative is also defined by specific process requirements that depend on national or regional regulations (Rosendal, 2015;Van Vossen and Prent, 2011). Also subject to regional variations are the marketability for recovered materials based on market quality requirements and fees for relandfilling and thermal treatment for process wastes based on imposed taxes and waste market conditions (Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants, 2017).…”

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“…For instance, apart from sitespecific factors, the choice of management for landfills is also defined by specific process requirements that depend on national or regional regulations. The required actions and costs for landfill closure, aftercare, and remediation can, therefore, vary widely between different regions (Rosendal, 2015;Van Vossen and Prent, 2011). Such variations among countries are also relevant regarding available treatment and recycling facilities, accessible markets, and current price settings for different materials extracted from landfills.…”

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Developing strategies for improved economic performance and reduced climate impact of landfill mining in Europe

Esguerra

2021

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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Developing strategies for improved economic performance and reduced climate impact of landfill mining in Europe

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2021

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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“…However, for the ones that are mentioned, specific technical requirements and costs of aftercare vary widely depending on national or regional regulatory requirements. For example, landfill cover is commonly required but not in the Netherlands (Van Vossen and Prent, 2011) and Denmark (Rosendal, 2015), or none is required at all (do nothing) as in Sri Lanka (Danthurebandara et al, 2015b). Moreover, the model for leachate production and landfill gas emission is seldom specified, which directly affects the amount of emissions and consequent treatment costs.…”

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Assessing the Economic Potential of Landfill Mining: Review and Recommendations

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As landfill mining (LFM) gains public attention, systematic assessment of its economic potential is deemed necessary. The aim of this review is to critically analyze the usefulness and validity of previous economic assessments of LFM. Following the life cycle costing (LCC) framework, (i) the employed methods based on goal and scope, technical parameters and data inventory, and modelling choices were contrasted with respect to (ii) the synthesized main findings based on net profitability and economic performance drivers. Results showed that the selected studies (n=15) are mostly case study-specific and concluded that LFM has a weak economic potential, hinting at the importance of favorable market and regulation settings. However, several method issues are apparent as costs and revenues are accounted at different levels of aggregation, scope and scale-from process to sub-process level, from private to societal economics, and from laboratory to pilot-scale, respectively. Moreover, despite the inherent large uncertainties, more than half of the studies did not perform any uncertainty or sensitivity analyses posing validity issues. Consequently, this also limits the usefulness of results as individual case studies and as a collective, towards a generic understanding of LFM economics. Irrespective of case study-specific or generic aims, this review recommends that future assessments should be learning-oriented. That is, uncovering granular information about what builds up the net profitability of LFM, to be able to systematically determine promising paths for the development of cost-efficient projects.

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“…Environmental costs and benefits are to be added to the project expenditures and benefits prior to applying decision criteria as Net-Present Value, Benefit-Cost Ratio, or the Internal Rate of Return. Proper estimation of environmental costs and benefits is a main challenge (Rosendal 2014a(Rosendal , 2014b(Rosendal , 2015. Unlike tangible costs and benefits, the evaluation of environmental costs and benefits is problematic and hardly monetized.…”

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“…In the future, off shore mining will increase in importance as the natural resources on land become ever more expensive to exploit. In that context, the equality principle has a crucial role to play in order to ensure an environment that is clean enough for people, the animals and other living creatures on this planet (Stenis 2002, 2005, Stenis and Hogland 2011, 2014a, 2014b, 2015.…”

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Paradigms on landfill mining: From dump site scavenging to ecosystem services revitalization

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Kļaviņš

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Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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For the next century to come, one of the biggest challenges is to provide the mankind with relevant and sufficient resources. The recovery of secondary resources plays a significant role. The industrial processes developed for regaining minerals for production of commodities in a circular economy become ever more important in the European Union and worldwide. Landfill mining (LFM) constitutes an important technological toolset of processes that regain the resources and redistribute them with an accompanying diminishment of hazardous influence of environmental contamination and other threats for human health hidden in former dump sites and landfills. 'Classical LFM' is a useful technology to discover hidden resources and look at the big picture of resources in the local, regional and global perspective. Therefore, this paper considers development of paradigms and attitudes to LFM as the technology for regaining calorific value; the furthering of deposited material valuable to more advanced concepts of enhanced LFM (ELFM); the recovery of landfill space and land value, and, finally, the possibility of full ecosystem services revitalization. The future of our civilisation depends on our wise use of commodities. Thus, waste operations beyond the Zero waste concept must be applied if mankind is to conquer space and the abyssal plains to conduct mining in the deepest oceans on the Earth. Other research areas feasible for LFM in terms of the environmental rehabilitation are given in the review. This compilation summarises the previous, current and future trends of LFM 2 technology regarding the paradigm developments that are influencing the attitude of scientists, industry and society to LFM as a complex tool for implementing the circular economy in practice. This review paper is based on a historical overview of global case studies and explores the methodology of waste management as regards the different tools for geochemical, geophysical and remote sensing that are used for field studies prior to the decisions whether LFM will be successful in an individual case. New technological developments of ELFM for the energy industry is described combined with a review of innovative material production. One chapter is dedicated to the Efficient Use of Resources and Optimal Production Economy (EUROPE) estimation model. The hazardous impacts of landfills, such as greenhouse gas emission and pollutants, are discussed. Throughout history, the major part of the 'LFM economy' has been viewed from a point of view of recovery of natural resources. Therefore, our main philosophy was to provide a historical experience linking with modern ideas of LFM to the increasingly relevant concept of a circular economy. The world is heading towards a restricted access to key resources. However, humanity should not limit itself to frame these restrictions but should also have a profound view on the global economy and life styles for future generations from an environmental and non-material resource standpoint. It is concluded that the big ...

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The economics of landfill mining shredder residue: focus on the aftercare

Abstract: SUMMARY: The main part of shredder residues produced in Denmark is landfilled. It is well known that shredder waste contains resources that can be recycled or incinerated with energy recovery. Thus, it is a better solution than landfilling the material.

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Developing strategies for improved economic performance and reduced climate impact of landfill mining in Europe

Developing strategies for improved economic performance and reduced climate impact of landfill mining in Europe

Assessing the Economic Potential of Landfill Mining: Review and Recommendations

Paradigms on landfill mining: From dump site scavenging to ecosystem services revitalization

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