Sanitary Landfill

Type

Characteristics

Advantages

Disadvantages

• site based on environmental risk assessment

• minimized environmental risk

• access, longer siting process 

• planned capacity

• permits long-term planning

• (none)

• designed cell development

• minimized environmental risk

• cost

• extensive site preparation

• reduced risk at and from site

• cost, preparation time

• full leachate management

• reduced risk from leachate

• cost

• full gas management

• reduced risk from gas

• cost

• daily and final cover

• vector control, aesthetics

• cost, slower decomposition

• compaction

• extended lifetime

• cost

• fence & gate

• secure access, gate records

• cost, maintenance,staff

• record volume, type, source

• valuable information

• cost, equipment

• no waste picking

• eliminate risk to pickers

• displacement of pickers and buyers, loss of recyclable resources