Landfill capping operation in Renfrewshire 'complete'

A landfill site located in Renfrewshire, Scotland, has been successfully capped and sealed, it has been revealed.

The BBC reports that the 11.6-hectare site has been capped with a plastic membrane, compacted and sealed following its closure in October 2007.

Due to the procedures, water will now be prevented from seeping into the ground and causing methane emissions, rotting and run-off, the BBC reports.

Marie McGurk from Renfrewshire council's environment and infrastructure policy board commented that the site will continue to be monitored for activity and emissions.

She added: "Restoring this site has been a major civil engineering project. Around 260,000 square metres of earth and topsoil has been used to cap the site along with enough plastic membrane to cover 240 football pitches."

Meanwhile, one firm which wasn't so careful to manage its landfill site after decommissioning is Mone Brothers Civil Engineering, which this month pleaded guilty to neglecting to monitor methane and carbon emissions from two of its former sites.