Landfill Reclamation
Landfill reclamation is the process whereby a landfill is excavated to recover materials to produce refuse-derived, Low-Carbon Fuel, and reclaim the site by extracting the materials currently buried in the landfill.
Landfill Reclamation has occurred in Calgary when the City reclaimed a portion of the Highfield Landfill and successfully repurposed the site. ECCO‘s project builds on this by adding the production of Low-Carbon Fuel in their on-site facility.
ECCO is proposing to recover the existing materials from the Construction and Demolition landfill, process them onsite to produce Low-Carbon Fuel, and transport the LCF for use offsite.
The following is an overview of the Landfill Reclamation process:
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Remove cover soils and clay cap, stockpiling the soil types separately for reuse. The soil previously used to cover individual waste cells will be reclaimed for reuse throughout the process.
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Excavate to remove viable materials such as wood, shingles, and plastics. The excavator will pre-sort materials during the excavation process to remove materials such as metal or concrete for recycling by a local third-party recycler.
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Load material into rock trucks for transport to a trommel and conveyor system for additional sorting and processing.
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Viable materials coming off the conveyer will be trucked down from the landfill to the MRF for processing into Low-Carbon Fuel.
