The Dry Season Paradox: Half the Volume, Double the Cost per Cubic Metre
August at a Mediterranean landfill: 380 m³ of leachate, dosed at 27 kg/m³, cost $61 per cubic metre. March at the same site: 1,150 m³, dosed at 15 kg/m³, cost $34 per cubic metre. The monthly totals ran $23,000 and $39,000, so the site spent less money in the month it treated three times the volume….
