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  1. Charlie

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    A landfill fire occurs when waste disposed of in a landfill ignites and spreads. In landfills that do not cover their waste with daily cover, biological decomposition creates substantial heat and can cause material in the landfills to spontaneously combust.[citation needed] In the U.S. 40% of landfill fires are attributed to arson.[1]

    Landfill fires are especially dangerous as they can emit dangerous fumes from the combustion of the wide range of materials contained within the landfill. Subsurface landfill fires also, unlike a typical fire, can not be put out with water. They are similar to coal seam fires and peat fires. Oxygen intrution control is the best method to prevent and fight subsurface landfill fires. "Fuel quenching", by allowing landfill gas build-up, can work well, especially in conjunction with maintenance of the daily cover of soil or material places on landfills.

    Nearby streams can be threatened by leachate pools which may form if water is used to extinguish fires in landfills. There is also the danger that the landfill's membrane, a barrier placed under most modern landfills to prevent contamination of the underlying ground, will be destroyed or penetrated by the fire itself. Normally this liner prevents harmful liquids contained within the landfill from escaping into the groundwater and nearby streams. Destruction of the liner therefore leads to serious environmental problems.

    I wonder if they "ever" do the daily cover ? Have they ever covered it at all ? Ever ?

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    Daily cover is the name given to the layer of compressed soil or earth which is laid on top of a day's deposition of waste on an operational landfill site. The cover helps prevent the interaction between the waste and the air, reducing odors and enabling a firm base upon which vehicles may operate. Work at the Fresno Sanitary Landfill was instrumental in establishing the need and utility of daily cover.

    While soils are the traditional materials employed in daily cover, alternative options such as "green waste",[1] mixtures of paper sludge and tire derived aggregate (TDA) have displayed mechanical characteristics desirable for daily cover. When compared to traditional soil layers, the paper sludge paste was 2-3 times lighter, at least two orders of magnitude more impermeable, and comparable in shear strength.[2]
     
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    Charlie, Apr 27, 2016
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    Now your getting the idea :biggrin:
     
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    Not lost in translation, you just missed the part that said: "the total cost of the project is P4,380,000 funds of which will be taken from the 30 percent quick response fund."

    This end justifies whatever means they have to use to get at the cash. This is Philippines. Follow the money.
     
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    Dave_Hounddriver, Apr 23, 2016
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    I know this might sound a bit odd to some folks, but in the Washington State area of the USA, they have many dump sites that are actually "designed", with specific types of dumpsite materials placed atop one another, and methane gas that gets created is captured.

    See below:

    Cedar Hills Regional Landfill – Landfill gas pipeline upgrade project – King County Solid Waste Division

    If your area is considering building a new dumpsite area, perhaps they can build a new dumpsite with similar characteristics such as above.

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    nwlivewire, Apr 20, 2016
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    DUMAGUETE CITY, April 15 (PNA) -– Dumaguete City is now under a state of calamity after the City Council approved in a special session Thursday the amended resolution submitted by the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDDRMC) in relation to the “damaging fire and smoke” at its open dumpsite.

    This means it can now utilize its calamity fund, specifically the Quick Reaction Fund, for the procurement of equipment and other materials required to stamp out the fire and smoke at the dumpsite, as well as for the purchase of medicines and other medical supplies like face masks.

    City Administrator William Ablong had earlier presided over a meeting of the CDDRMC to find legal ways for the declaration of a state calamity as a preventive measure to avoid further harm especially to constituents living near the “burning” dumpsite in the outskirts village of Candauay.

    He noted that the smoke emanating from the dumpsite thickens during night time and gets carried in different directions, depending on the direction of the winds.

    Ablong explained that the law requires the declaration of a state of calamity before a local government unit, in this case, the city government, can utilize its calamity funds.

    “We really need to comply with Memorandum Order No. 4, Series of 1998 as regards to the required 20 percent population affected by a calamity”, Ablong further explained.

    To be able to achieve this, the CDRRMC amended its earlier resolution, dated April 12, 2016, increasing the number of barangays affected by the fire and the thick smoke from the dumpsite, from three to five.

    The barangays are Candauay, Cadawinonan, Balugo, Camanjac and Batinguel. The total population of these five barangays would be around 30,000, more than the required 27,000 population for the declaration of the city under a state of calamity, Ablong said.

    According to Ablong, the city government has to immediately buckle down to work to quell the “burning dumpsite” problem before it would get out of hand and there would be more collateral damage.

    The CDRRMC proposal is to cover about 10,000 square meters of the garbage dumpsite with soil as spraying water will only aggravate the smoke, he added.

    Dumaguete has a current calamity fund of about P28 million, 30 percent or some P8.4 million representing the Quick Response Fund, Ablong said.

    It can be recalled that last April 9, fire believed to have been ignited by spontaneous combustion, engulfed a large part of the Candauay dumpsite, burning down tons of garbage as well as trees.

    The fire was placed under control hours later but rekindled the following day and onwards, prompting the city government to deploy its water tanker and a fire truck to the dumpsite to continuously spray water over areas where sub-surface fires had originated.

    But the thick smoke puts residents in the area at risk, while spraying of water is just a temporary or “band-aid” measure that needed a more permanent solution, Ablong said.

    Ablong hurled a challenge to the next administration to seriously consider shutting down the open dumpsite in Candauay and purchase property in the nearby towns to host the sanitary landfill.

    A controlled open dumpsite would also be a mid-term option for the city government while it has to find a location for a sanitary landfill, he said.

    City Administrator Ablong explained a controlled dumping facility would mean the utilization of soil to cover the trash as well as other measures to allow the local government to effectively manage its solid waste. (PNA)
     
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    It is sort of funny when you read the article, as "Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria said the fire was expected due to extreme heat because of the El Niño phenomenon. A few days ago, the temperature in Dumaguete was at 43 degrees centigrade and due to spontaneous dumpsite combustion.

    He, however, said low-cost housing sites in the vicinity are protected against the spread of the fire, except for the toxic smoke, while affected scavengers will be given emergency aid from the Public Assistance Fund of the city.*JFP/JG'

    So you see folks we are all safe from the fire, it is just the toxic smoke that may cause some problems... lol.:wtf: You really can not say more insensitive funny things sometimes than the politicians say here. :o o:
     
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    So atlast after several days of the dump site burning the city has decided to evacuate some areas around the dumpsite!
     
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