What are the effects of landfills on the environment and public health?
• Water contamination • Greenhouse gas emissions • Dust and odour • Noise • Litter Modern landfills are designed and engineered to receive waste and with good management, risks to the environment and public health are minimised significantly. For example: • The gas produced from WSN Environmental Solutions’ landfills is collected and converted into renewable energy, minimising greenhouse gas emissions; • All water ways around our sites are monitored and water run off from sites collected and treated to prevent water contamination; • We cover the waste at the end of each day to reduce litter around the site and dust is suppressed by spraying water (collected in storm water dams) on the site roads; and • We have also developed an in-house program to monitor gases and accurately pinpoint odour sources at the site. This means that odour sources can be identified quickly and action taken to deal with the cause of the problem. For more information about how our landfills are managed please r
