Comparison of technical methods of securing closed landfills in the Czech Republic and Poland

Abstract

Landfills and/or open dumpsites have been the common practice for municipal solid waste disposal all over the world. Landfilling is one of the oldest and still most frequently used waste disposal methods. The purpose of this work is to compare technical methods of securing landfills that are being closed in the Czech Republic and Poland. The Polish example of such is Słabomierz-Krzyżówka landfill site and the Czech example is Štěpánovice landfill. Closing landfills is a very important process in the aspect of environmental protection, which is of technological, legal and organizational nature. Reclamation of a landfill should be conducted in accordance with clearly presented time schedules that result from an administrative decision in a manner that protects the landfill against its adverse impact on the envi-ronment. These goals were achieved in both analysed landfills despite some differences in the closing process of both landfills.