Refused derived fuel (RDF) is one of the products of the MSWs that is effectively used as an
energy source, especially in the cement industry. This work discusses the role of the RDF in …

Abstract Metal (loids) and Rare Earth Elements (REE)('metals') are used in a wide range of
products, and therefore, the improvement of expectations for everyday comforts with demand …

Fuelled by further planet degradation concerns, the circular economy concept spreads
worldwide, incorporating the need for the closing of material loops. This can be done not …

The “European Union Training Network for Resource Recovery Through Enhanced Landfill
Mining (NEW-MINE)” was a European research project conducted between 2016 and 2020 …

Europe has somewhere between 150,000 and 500,000 landfill sites, with an estimat-ed 90%
of them being “non-sanitary” landfills, predating the EU Landfill Directive of 1999/31/EC …

The burgeoning interest in resource recovery from old dumpsites has significantly propelled
the adoption of Landfill Mining (LFM) in recent years. This study is centred around …

ABSTRACT (Enhanced) landfill mining ((E) LFM) projects have been mainly driven by land
reclamation, environmental pollution mitigation and remediation of old landfills and …

Fine fractions obtained by mechanical processing of excavated waste constitute a challenge
for (enhanced) landfill mining projects. These fractions are mainly composed of humified …

Nonferrous metals (NFMs) provide a major contribution to potential revenues generated by
the implementation of landfill mining (LFM). However, metals present in landfills undergo …

The fine fractions account for the largest share of material recovered through (enhanced)
landfill mining. These fractions typically present challenging characteristics for processing …