Avondale Landfill
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The Avondale Landfill is a major Scottish
landfill
located in Polmont
, off junction 4 of the M9 motorway. Avondale takes large volumes of waste from the Forth Valley and some from West Lothian
. Avondale has the ability to accept Non-Hazardous, Stable Non-Reactive Hazardous waste including asbestos
/gypsum
and compliant Hazardous wastes. This is the first and currently only landfill with the ability to accept Hazardous waste to landfill in Scotland
under the new Landfill Directive
.
The Avondale Landfill incorporates landfill gas
recovery facilities which are used to generate renewable electricity on site which is supplied into the national grid.
There are plans to expand the site to include a future MRF-Materials Recovery Facility .This is expected to be constructed and commissioned by December 2011. Once fully operational the MRF will be capable of processing 200,000 tonnes of mixed municipal waste per year and phase 1 will see diversion from landfill of approx 60% of input or morewith phase 2 increasing the diversion rate to 80%
A diagram of the landfill can be found here.
The company also operates a contaminated soil treatment centre at Kinneil Kerse near Grangemouth/Bo,ness.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
landfill
Landfill
A landfill site , is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment...
located in Polmont
Polmont
Polmont is a village in the Falkirk council area of Central Scotland. It lies towards the east of the town of Falkirk, north of the Union Canal, which runs adjacent to the village....
, off junction 4 of the M9 motorway. Avondale takes large volumes of waste from the Forth Valley and some from West Lothian
West Lothian
West Lothian is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire....
. Avondale has the ability to accept Non-Hazardous, Stable Non-Reactive Hazardous waste including asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all have in common their eponymous, asbestiform habit: long, thin fibrous crystals...
/gypsum
Gypsum
Gypsum is a very soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. It is found in alabaster, a decorative stone used in Ancient Egypt. It is the second softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness Scale...
and compliant Hazardous wastes. This is the first and currently only landfill with the ability to accept Hazardous waste to landfill in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
under the new Landfill Directive
Landfill Directive
The Landfill Directive, more formally Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste, is a European Union directive issued by the European Union to be implemented by its member states....
.
The Avondale Landfill incorporates landfill gas
Landfill gas
Landfill gas is a complex mix of different gases created by the action of microorganisms within a landfill.-Production:Landfill gas production results from chemical reactions and microbes acting upon the waste as the putrescible materials begins to break down in the landfill...
recovery facilities which are used to generate renewable electricity on site which is supplied into the national grid.
There are plans to expand the site to include a future MRF-Materials Recovery Facility .This is expected to be constructed and commissioned by December 2011. Once fully operational the MRF will be capable of processing 200,000 tonnes of mixed municipal waste per year and phase 1 will see diversion from landfill of approx 60% of input or morewith phase 2 increasing the diversion rate to 80%
A diagram of the landfill can be found here.
The company also operates a contaminated soil treatment centre at Kinneil Kerse near Grangemouth/Bo,ness.