Landfill fires occur frequently. In the USA there are around 8300 fires per year, and in the UK around 300. With the potential for serious loss of life and dire environmental consequences, the need to understand the often mysterious nature of landfill fires is greater than ever.
A serious landfill fire results in the downgrading of a ‘controlled’ landfill to ‘uncontrolled’ status, or in practical terms the waste mass becomes inadvertently reconnected to the environment. All the costs and effort of engineering a perfect containment system are wasted if fugitive emissions, often including dioxin and untreated leachate, are released through a perforated cap or liner.
Landfill fires occur frequently. In the USA there are around 8300 fires a year (US Fire Administration, 2001) and in the United Kingdom around 280 to 300 a year.
Nowadays, in order to effectively dispose the waste tyres and improve the environment, we have tyre pyrolysis plant. The plant has been proved to be a success in recycling waste tyres because it can convert waste tyres into useful resources, such as fuel oil, carbon black and steel wire. In the same time, the whole production process is safe, energy-saving, non-pollution and high efficiency.
