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The Guide to Closed and Closing Landfills

The Guide for the Management of Closing and Closed Landfills aims to increase awareness of the risks associated with closed landfills and to outline the best practical methods to manage closed landfill sites effectively, so that adverse environmental effects are minimised.

The following links provide a summary of the main points of the guide:

The report Small Landfill Closure Criteria - Risk Assessment for Small Closed Landfills, funded through the Ministry's Sustainable Management Fund outlines a more detailed risk assessment process for closed landfills including trialing the process using several sites from throughout New Zealand.

Last updated: 17 September 2007