Hazardous Landfill
Only a Hazardous Landfill can accept Hazardous Waste for Landfill Disposal but only then if it meets the relevant standards for engineering and management controls and Waste Acceptance Criteria [1] set out in the legislation [2], but it may also be able to accept small quantities of Inert Waste. There are some restricted circumstances in which Non-hazardous Landfill can accept Hazardous Waste, these captured in the Non-Hazardous Landfill page in WikiWaste.
There are numerical limit values for leachable inorganic substances and organic content along with standards for physical stability. These exist for both granular and monolithic hazardous waste and this can lead to requirements to stabilise and treat the hazardous waste prior to landfilling.
This type of infrastructure provides the overview of Hazardous Landfill facilities for the UK, linking to individual pages for each facility that provides greater detail.
Overview
Hazardous Landfill facilities dispose of waste that remains after reuse and recycling. They play a significant role in the final disposal of such materials where incineration or other treatment options further up the waste hierarchy are not possible.
In WikiWaste, Hazardous Landfill is treated as a distinct infrastructure type within the wider Landfill category. This page provides a structured view across the national fleet and connects through to individual facility pages and Local Authority disposal routes.
Parameters (England Only) | Stats. | Units/Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of Operational Facilities | 12 | number (2024) | |
Tonnes Received | 721 | '000 tonnes (2024) | |
Remaining Void | 9,168 | '000 cu metres (2024) | |
Remaining life at current fill rate | 12.7 | years (2024) |
Remaining Void Trend
Latest Remaining Void by Country
Country | Year | No. Sites | Void (cu m) | Void/Site (cu m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
England | 2024 | 12 | 9,167,450 | 833,405 |
Scotland | 2024 | 1 | 12,711 | 12,711 |
Wales | no data | - | - | - |
Northern Ireland | no data | - | - | - |
The graph is for operational, mothballed and closed sites. The tables above are for operational sites only.
The link to Data Sources and Limitations at the bottom of the page captures other assumptions and approaches to this data.
Non-Hazardous Landfill Map
Map in development
References:
- Council Decision establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills
- Environmental Permitting Guidance – The Landfill Directive (Version 3.1 March 2010); updated by Guidance LFD 1 – Understanding the Landfill Directive (March 2011); which was then withdrawn in October 2022 and replaced with Guidance on Environmental Permitting
- Remaining Landfill Capacity (England)
- Image source
