Landfill mining from extractive waste facilities: The importance of a correct site characterisation and evaluation of the potentialities. A case study from Italy

Giovanna Antonella Dino, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Luigi Perotti, Walter Alberto, Heikki Sarkka, Frédéric Coulon, Stuart Wagland, Zoe Griffiths and Franco Rodeghiero

Resources Policy, 2018, vol. 59, issue C, 50-61

Abstract: •Extractive waste (EW) help in secondary raw material/critical raw material supply.•Site characterisation is fundamental to evaluate the commodity remains in landfills.•Gorno case study to test and validate the site characterisation framework. Zn (0.65–19.3 wt%), Cd (22–544 ppm), Ga (6.0 – 88.6 ppm) present in Gorno.•Potential economic viability of landfill mining at Gorno EW deposits.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.04.012

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