Landfill - 4
Tracks
Stream 3
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 |
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
Shearwater Room |
Overview
Managing landfill gas at Kimbriki: The path to best practice.
Belinda Lau, Kimbriki Environmental Enterprises
Details
The Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre is located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and incorporates a range of resource recovery facilities and a non-putrescible waste landfill. Approximately 3.5 million tonnes of waste has been landfilled at the site since operations commenced in 1974. In 2012 an action plan was developed and steps taken to aggressively reduce landfill gas emissions at the site, which, in addition to a conventional gas extraction and flaring system, included progressive installation of horizontal gas collection trenches (during landfilling) and the strategic application of biocovers. These measures have led to a >55% reduction in landfill gas emissions at the site.
Speaker
Ms Belinda Lau
Managing landfill gas at Kimbriki: The path to best practice
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMBiography
Belinda is a project engineer at Kimbriki Environmental Enterprises Pty Ltd and has been involved in a wide range of landfill engineering planning, design and construction activities since joining Kimbriki in 2015. This has included evaluating the performance of the site landfill gas extraction system (on a monthly basis), preparing Kimbriki’s NGER reports, landfill gas monitoring, undertaking a detailed assessment of the risks presented by landfill gas at the Kimbriki site (on site and off site), developing a new landfill gas monitoring program, designing horizontal gas collection trenches and evaluating the performance of a trial (and then full scale) temporary landfill biocover. Other work experience has included landfill planning (using 3D modelling software), landfill cell design and costing, landfill cell construction, including CQA, and stormwater drainage design. Belinda is a member of WMAA and graduated with first class honours from UNSW with a Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Chairperson
Kristy Cosier
Planning & Development Manager
Gilgandra Shire Council