Landfilling of municipal waste in accordance with the waste management policy in Austria

In Austria in 1988 “Guidelines for landfilling municipal solid waste”; were issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Environment, Youth and Health. This paper deals with the main points of these guidelines.

The declared aim of waste management in Austria is to use suitable methods of treatment so that in future only “earth‐like”; waste is landfilled. It will not be possible to achieve these quality specifications for municipal waste in the short term, as suitable treatment facilities have yet to be introduced. In the meantime appropriate requirements for the site and the standard of the landfill are therefore necessary.

Key words:

• Austrian guidelines for landfilling of municipal solid waste
• landfill site
• lining
• drainage system