POLICY PROCESS OF ALLOWING RESEARCH PILOTS FOR SUSTAINABLE EMISSION REDUCTION AT LANDFILLS IN THE NETHERLANDS

摘要

The Dutch Government promotes innovative techniques that stimulate natural biodegradation and immobilization processes in landfills. Examples of such measures are infiltration and recirculation of water and leachate, as well as the injection of air. Aims are to reduce the emission potential of landfills and decrease the eternal after-care effort. In 2008 the Dutch industry launched the idea to develop a full scale ten years research program to test if biological stabilisation leads to a significant reduction in emission potential. The main challenge for the government was to transform this innovative idea into an research program with full public support. To accommodate this the government launched a project called: Introduction of Sustainable Landfill Management (ISL). The paper will give an outline of the policy process and products needed to achieve full public support.