The technology is applicable to existing landfill. Elephant Energy can work in conjunction with the landfill site to help remediate the soil contaminated by plastics.
Landfill mining is the process of excavating waste from active or closed landfills to reduce their environmental impact. This includes removing the material from the ground and sorting it into:
- Combustibles for the gasification process.
- Recyclable materials, and
- Soil
The process involves a series of operations, simply described as —excavate, sieve and sort.