The term ‘landfill’ is used to describe a unit operation for final disposal of ‘MSW on land, designed and constructed with the objective of minimum impact to the environment by incorporating eight essential components as described by CPHEEO Manual, 2000. This term encompasses other terms such as ‘secured landfill’ and ‘engineered landfills’ which are also sometimes applied to MSW disposal units. The term ‘landfill’ can be treated as synonymous to ‘sanitary landfill’ of MSW, only if the latter is designed on the principle of waste containment and is characterized by the presence of a liner and leachate collection system to prevent ground water contamination.
The city has identified 3 abandoned quarries, which are currently been designed as Sanitary Landfills. It will receive only the following types of waste:
• Comingled waste (mixed waste) not found suitable for waste processing
• Pre-processing and post-processing rejects from waste processing sites
• Non-hazardous waste not being processed or recycled

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