Question

A landfill is being designed to handle solid waste generated by a city, at a rate of 50 Mg/d. IT is expected that the waste will be delivered by compactor truck on a 5 d/week basis. The density as spread is 122 Kg/m3. It will be spread in 0.50 layers and compacted to 0.25m. Assuming three such lifts per day and a daily cover of 0.15 m, determine the annual volume of landfill consumed in meters

Answer 1

The annual volume of landfill consumed is 63934.42 m3.