Key Issues and Sectors

Solid Waste Landfills: Decision-Makers’ Guide Summary. Thurgood, Maggie. 1999(?) Joint publication of the World Bank, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, and the Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management (SKAT). Washington, D.C. and Copenhagen, Denmark. Pp. 31.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Waste Characteristics
Landfill Site Identification
Site Design and Preparation
Landfill Site Operation
Difficult Wastes
Site Closure and Aftercare
Closure and Conversion of Open Dumps