When one talks about a landfill treatment expert in the bioeconomy, we are describing an expert who evaluates various methods of increasing degradation of MSW within the landfill which also increase landfill gas production for use as renewable energy and/or renewable chemicals/products. Leachate from the landfill also may need on-site pre-treatment and also is the expert’s capability to provide the most cost effective option especially for emerging and existing contaminants such as 1,4 dioxane and PFAS. MSW treatment options outside the landfill also is the experts capability to evaluate technologies that can provide waste to energy/fuels and renewable products such as chemicals.
A landfill treatment expert should have degrees and experience, and be familiar with things as follows: Masters Degree in Environmental, Civil, Mechanical or related Engineering, Environmental Science, Biochemistry/Physics. The expert should have experience in working with the waste industry and familiarity in landfill/waste remediation, bioreactor landfill, landfill gas optimization, leachate treatment and environmental permitting. The expert also should have experience with evaluating and permitting waste conversion technologies such as digesters, gasification, pyrolysis, and plasma arc technologies for conversion MSW to energy, fuels and chemicals or products of higher value.
A landfill treatment expert can assist clients in the waste industry to provide alternative technologies to extend the life of existing landfills, optimize landfill gas production for renewable energy and create additional revenue by conversion of waste to fuels and chemicals of higher value. PFAS special wastes that some landfills may not accept can be treated and/or destroyed at the landfill with technologies known by the expert.
Other industries that wish to provide sustainability in management of their generated wastes (e.g. avoid landfilling) and capture energy, fuels, chemicals from their generated wastes are other clients that can be assisted by the Expert.
The best renewable energy and biochemical consulting firms will have qualified landfill treatment experts. At Lee Enterprises Consulting, we have several highly qualified experts that can assist landfill owners/operators in reducing the costs of PCC, remediation of contaminated groundwater, soil, landfill gas/vapor control/migration, odors and leachate treatment, cover system design/maintenance, and groundwater and gas detection, assessment monitoring programs. LEC also can provide recommendations on increasing revenues at landfills by increasing biogas production, savings on air space, and optimizing alternative renewable energy technologies. Feel free call or email us for more information.