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[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]

'''Leachate''' is the liquid product of the decomposition of [[Putrescible Waste]] placed in [[Landfill]]~~. Leachate arises from water entering the waste matter, generally from rainfall on open areas of waste~~. Leachate is any liquid that, in the course of passing through waste matter, extracts soluble or suspended solids, or any other component of the material through which it has passed. [[Landfill]] leachate is strongly polluting in the external environment; one of the principal reasons for constructing [[Landfill]] is to prevent [[Landfill]] leachate from escaping from the waste mass in an uncontrolled manner. Escape of Leachate into the underlying groundwater is a key factor in assessing the location of a [[Landfill]] and the engineering containment systems.

'''Leachate''' is the liquid product of the decomposition of [[Putrescible Waste]] placed in [[Landfill]]. Leachate is any liquid that, in the course of passing through waste matter, extracts soluble or suspended solids, or any other component of the material through which it has passed. Leachate therefore arises from water entering the waste matter, generally from rainfall on open areas of waste.

[[Landfill]] leachate is strongly polluting in the external environment; one of the principal reasons for constructing [[Landfill]] is to prevent [[Landfill]] leachate from escaping from the waste mass in an uncontrolled manner. Escape of Leachate into the underlying groundwater is a key factor in assessing the location of a [[Landfill]] and the engineering containment systems.

The 'go-to' guidance for many in the landfill sector in the UK is still the waste management papers produced in the mid and late 1990's, and Waste Management Paper 26B (WMP26B)<ref name="refB">Waste Management Paper 26B (WMP26B): Landfill Design, Construction and Operational Practice</ref> describes the process of leachate generation and landfill design to contain the leachate and extract it from a [[Landfill]].

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-'''Leachate''' is the liquid product of the decomposition of [[Putrescible Waste]] placed in [[Landfill]].  Leachate arises from water entering the waste matter, generally from rainfall on open areas of waste. Leachate is any liquid that, in the course of passing through waste matter, extracts soluble or suspended solids, or any other component of the material through which it has passed. [[Landfill]] leachate is strongly polluting in the external environment; one of the principal reasons for constructing [[Landfill]] is to prevent [[Landfill]] leachate from escaping from the waste mass in an uncontrolled manner. Escape of Leachate into the underlying groundwater is a key factor in assessing the location of a [[Landfill]] and the engineering containment systems.
+'''Leachate''' is the liquid product of the decomposition of [[Putrescible Waste]] placed in [[Landfill]]. Leachate is any liquid that, in the course of passing through waste matter, extracts soluble or suspended solids, or any other component of the material through which it has passed. Leachate therefore arises from water entering the waste matter, generally from rainfall on open areas of waste.
+[[Landfill]] leachate is strongly polluting in the external environment; one of the principal reasons for constructing [[Landfill]] is to prevent [[Landfill]] leachate from escaping from the waste mass in an uncontrolled manner. Escape of Leachate into the underlying groundwater is a key factor in assessing the location of a [[Landfill]] and the engineering containment systems.
 The 'go-to' guidance for many in the landfill sector in the UK is still the waste management papers produced in the mid and late 1990's, and Waste Management Paper 26B (WMP26B)<ref name="refB">Waste Management Paper 26B (WMP26B): Landfill Design, Construction and Operational Practice</ref> describes the process of leachate generation and landfill design to contain the leachate and extract it from a [[Landfill]].