Non-Hazardous Landfill
Only a Non-Hazardous Landfill can accept Non-Hazardous Waste which includes Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and any other Non-Hazardous Waste of a similar nature that meets the relevant Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC).
Arrangements
Only a Non-Hazardous Landfill can accept Non-Hazardous Waste which includes Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and any other Non-Hazardous Waste of a similar nature that meets the relevant Waste Acceptance Criteria. They can also accept Inert Waste and Stabilised Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste (SNRHW), for example those vitrified or solidified[1]. The WikiWaste page Landfill frames these types of sites and puts them into a wider context.
Non-Hazardous Landfill Capacity (Void)
England
The capacity of Non-Hazardous Landfill is reported[2] by the EA for England and is summarised in the graph and table below, but it excludes that capacity of Non-Hazardous Landfill with a Stabilised Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste cell (which comprised 89.4 million cubic metres in 2015 dropping to 69.4 million cubic metres in 2019 and 67 million cubic metres in 2020 - which is summarised on the Hazardous Landfill page). Note that Non-Hazardous Landfill also provides Landfill capacity for Inert Waste in the sense that these waste are used for daily cover and site engineering purposes.
The number of sites in 2020 in England was 113, a drop from 118 in 2019, whilst capacity increased between the two years.
| Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Million Cubic Metres | 230.3 | 211.9 | 194.4 | 185.2 | 160.2 | 164.8 |
England by Region
All data 2020[3]. Please note that the "Number of Sites" in the table below relates to those sites that have returned a reported void. This figure does not necessarily correspond to the total number of sites in a region.
| Region | Number of Sites | Total Void (m3) | Average Void per site (m3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 15 | 16,120,553 | 1,074,704 |
| East of England | 15 | 19,411,115 | 1,294,074 |
| London | 3 | 4,115,867 | 1,371,956 |
| North East | 8 | 7,840,530 | 980,066 |
| North West | 13 | 14,001,200 | 1,077,015 |
| South East | 7 | 13,556,685 | 1,936,669 |
| South West | 9 | 7,578,437 | 842,049 |
| West Midlands | 13 | 30,778,693 | 2,367,592 |
| Yorkshire & Humber | 15 | 22,858,828 | 1,523,922 |
Scotland
All Data for 2019, owning to a cyber attack at SEPA there is currently no 2020 data.
| Region | Number of Sites | Total Void (t) | Average Void per site (t) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 30 | 30,585,267 | 1,019,509 |
Wales
Void data for 2018 for wales, Site Count Data is 2020.
| Region | Number of Sites | Total Void (m3) | Average Void per site (m3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 9 | 7,202,110 | 800,234 |
Operational Landfill
East Midlands
East of England
London
| ID | Site Name | Operator
|
|---|---|---|
| 104. | Rainham Landfill | Veolia ES Landfill Ltd |
| 108. | Beddington Farmlands Landfill Site | Valencia Waste |
| 205. | Silt Lagoons, Rainham and Wennington Marshes | Land & Water Remediation Ltd |
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire & Humber
