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Nantmel Landfill Site
Nantmel Landfill Site is a closed waste-disposal site situated in the community of Nantmel, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales. It operated from 1960 to 1990, accepting domestic, commercial, non-hazardous industrial, inert and asbestos waste. It was one of 80 municipal landfill sites in Powys, of which all have now closed. Three privately owned sites still operate within the county. The site still produces significant pollutants, in the form of gas and leachate from landfill decomposition, and is currently undergoing rehabilitation. Structure The 8.5 ha site was constructed in a valley, with the stream piped underneath and the waste lain on top, forming the present day dome shape, characteristic of many landfills. Unlike modern landfills, which are impermeably sealed with geomembranes, Nantmel was engineered without effective base and cap layers, for instance subsoil from a local road-widening scheme was used instead of a liner. Intended to be reclaimed for pastoral purposes, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nantmel Landfill Gas Vent
Nantmel is a village and a Community (Wales), community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales, and is 76.5 miles (123.1 km) from Cardiff and 150.5 miles (242.2 km) from London. In 2011 the population of Nantmel was 621 with 11.8% of them able to speak Welsh language, Welsh. The population of the community was 637 as of the 2011 UK Census. In 1870, John Marius Wilson described the village as a parish and village in the Rhayader district or Radnor. The hamlets of Argoed, Powys, Argoed, Dulas, Ithon, Dulas and Cynllo all lie within this community and the Ty Lettice Roman Road runs through it. It home to Wales National Cycle Museum and Lion Royal Hotel Trekking. Governance An Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 1,465. See also *Elan Aqueduct, Nantmel Aqueduct *Nantmel Landfill Site *List of localities in Wales by population References Communities in Powys {{Powys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
