North East New Territories Landfill Extension totally opens today
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The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) revealed today (October 4) that the North East New Territories (NENT) Landfill Extension has actually started complete operation today, taking over from the initial NENT Landfill as one of the significant terminal waste management centers in the area. The initial land fill will stop operation later on this year and go through remediation.
The NENT Landfill Extension lies to the southeast of the initial land fill and has a style land fill capability of about 19 million cubic metres. The vital works of the land fill extension, consisting of website development, setup of impenetrable liners, building and construction of a surface area water collection system, along with arrangement of leachate treatment and land fill gas management systems, have actually been finished in the middle of this year. Trial operation including restricted waste reception has actually consequently started, in addition to the phased shift of landfilling operation to the garbage dump extension.
The EPD will stay dedicated to improving the operation and management requirements of the land fill extension, along with its ecological and security efficiency. The EPD will take forward the staying remediation and greening works at the initial garbage dump at complete speed.