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Environment Management & Capacity Extension of Landfill (EMCEL)
Provides environmental sustainability of existing landfills in mitigating any environmental and health and safety risks in compliance with the prescribed environmental legislation and any local regulations.
To bridge the complex due process and time required in setting up a new landfill, EMCEL serves to provide local authorities, as principal owners of existing dumpsites/landfills, for an extended timeframe within and acceptable environmentally sustainable mode while new landfills are being developed.
Old Landfills
Not sanitary landfills but typically dumpsites
Conveniently located near to waste generation area with local conditions such as former mining site, pond, swamp, ravine, etc.
Poor or limited landfill management practice in use
Limited operational lifespan / attaining limit of operational lifespan
Proximity to water resources, water catchment area and/or potable water supply intake points
Environmental pollution & hazards
Health & safety risks
Government’s policies
New Landfills
Meeting solid waste management needs into the future; hence, longer operational lifespan
A sanitary landfill as a replacement for older landfills
Located in less-sensitive site away from major waste generation areas, water catchment and/or potable water supply intake points
Better landfill management practice adopted
Consistent with government policies of an integrated solid waste management strategy.
