Non-Hazardous Landfill
Only a Non-hazardous Landfill can accept Non-Hazardous Waste which includes Municipal Solid Waste and any other Non-Hazardous Waste of a similar nature that meets the relevant Waste Acceptance Criteria. They can also accept Inert Waste and Stabilised Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste, for example those vitrified or solidified[1].
Capacity Non-Hazardous Landfill
The capacity of Non-Hazardous Landfill is reported[2] by the EA and is summarised in the graph and table below, but it excludes that capacity of Non-Hazardous Landfill with a Stabilised Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste cell (which comprised 89.4m cubic metres in 2015 dropping to 69.4m cubic metres in 2019 which is summarised on the Hazardous Landfill page):
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| Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Tonnes | 230.3 | 211.9 | 194.4 | 185.2 | 160.2 |
Operational Landfill
