Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0561914
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Phytocapping for sustainable waste containment systems and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and odour from waste disposal sites. Landfills remain the main method of waste disposal in Australia and are a major source of groundwater contamination and greenhouse and odour emissions. This national research program will establish, under a wide range of Australian conditions, whether landfill phytocaps can meet regulatory performance criteria for water infiltration into and gas emissions from closed landfills more effectively, efficiently and sustainably than conventional capping systems. The project will produce (a) a scientific basis for site owners and regulators to agree on the performance and cost of conventional and phyto cover technologies, (b) a manual for the design and permitting of alternative covers and (c)improved scientific prediction of cover performance.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2006
End Date: 02-2011
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $735,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Engineering | Plant Biochemistry And Physiology | Environmental Technologies | Applied Hydrology (Drainage, Flooding, Irrigation, Quality, Etc.)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Land and water management | Air quality | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management |
