Description of the activity

Remediation of legally non-conforming landfills [The term ‘landfill’ is defined in Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1) as a ‘waste disposal site for the deposit of the waste onto or into land (i.e. underground)’ including both non-hazardous and hazardous waste. A ‘legally non-conforming’ landfill is a landfill that does not comply with the operational and technical requirements defined in relevant EU or national legislation.] and of abandoned or illegal waste dumps [A ‘waste dump’ is a site used for the disposal of waste that is not equipped with pollution abatement systems.] that have been closed and are not taking in further waste other than possibly inert or biostabilised waste to be used as landfill cover material (as far as allowed in the environmental permit for the remediation project).

The activity may include any of the following remediation strategies and sub-activities typically implemented as part of projects aimed at removing, controlling, containing or diminishing polluting emissions [‘Emission’ means the release in the environment, as a result of human activities, of substances, preparations, organisms or micro-organisms (as set out in Article 2 of Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 56)).] from non-conforming landfills and abandoned or illegal dumpsites:

(a) remediation through environmental isolation of non-conforming or illegal landfills or dumpsites at the present site, including: