From: AC Brent
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 4:42
AM
To: lcm@lcacenter.org
Subject: LCM - LCM of Solid Waste
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Dear Keith
Similar to a previous question that was mailed to
the session, we had certain problems recently with evaluating the impact of
landfill sites in South Africa and I am interested in your experiences. If one
assumes that the landfill site is managed in accordance with legislative demands
the leachate to the ambient water reserves would be minimal. However, one has to
consider the time constraints in a life cycle analysis and especially for
hazardous sites. For example, a landfill site could be operating for a
period of 20 years. Metals, etc. contained in the site thereafter remains on the
site and one has to make assumptions of the potential riks of exposure to the
environment, and the allocation of these risks to the waste that is currently
treated on the site. Are these kind of aspects considered in your
model?
Kind regards
Alan Brent
Chair: Life Cycle
Engineering
Department of Engineering and Technology Management
Room 4-12
Engineering 2 building
University
of Pretoria
0001
South Africa
Tel: +27 12 420 3929
Fax: +27 12 362
5307
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