Hazardous Landfill

Only a Hazardous Landfill can accept Hazardous Waste for Landfill Disposal but only then if it meets the relevant standards for engineering and management controls and Waste Acceptance Criteria [1] set out in the legislation [2], but it may also be able to accept small quantities of Inert Waste. There are some restricted circumstances in which Non-hazardous Landfill can accept Hazardous Waste, these captured in the Non-Hazardous Landfill page in WikiWaste.

There are numerical limit values for leachable inorganic substances and organic content along with standards for physical stability. These exist for both granular and monolithic hazardous waste and this can lead to requirements to stabilise and treat the hazardous waste prior to landfilling.

This type of infrastructure provides the overview of Hazardous Landfill facilities for the UK, linking to individual pages for each facility that provides greater detail.

Overview

Hazardous Landfill facilities dispose of waste that remains after reuse and recycling. They play a significant role in the final disposal of such materials where incineration or other treatment options further up the waste hierarchy are not possible.

In WikiWaste, Hazardous Landfill is treated as a distinct infrastructure type within the wider Landfill category. This page provides a structured view across the national fleet and connects through to individual facility pages and Local Authority disposal routes.

Parameters	Stats.	Units/Year
Number of Operational Facilities	12	number (2024)
Tonnes Received	1,000	'000 tonnes (2024)
Remaining Void	16,000	'000 cu metres (2024)
Remaining life at current fill rate	16	years (2024)
xxx	00	abc (2024)