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Landfill reclamation

US5636941A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 1993
Grant dateJun 10, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB09B1/00
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of increasing the capacity of an existing landfill to enable the disposal of additional material therein includes excavating a given volume of material disposed in the existing landfill, comminuting the excavated material sufficiently to permit its close packed disposal in a volume less than the given volume, and placing the excavated, comminuted material back within the landfill.

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