The Volume Penalty: Turning 1 m³ of Leachate Into 1.3 m³ of Cake
A site budgeted disposal on input volume: 12,000 m³ a year of leachate, at a gate fee it had negotiated per tonne and converted at a bulk density of 1.0. The first year produced 15,600 m³ of cake and 16,380 tonnes at 1.05 t/m³. The difference between the budget and the invoice was 30 percent, and no…