WASTE
MANAGEMENT
Earth Systems provides specialist expertise in the management of
municipal, industrial and hazardous waste. Earth Systems staff have
experience working with industry and government on waste management
projects throughout Asia, including Australia, China, India, Pakistan
and Vietnam (see
Waste Management Case Studies).
Key services provided by Earth Systems to the waste management
sector include:
Waste
characterisation and forecasting
Waste
minimisation studies
Cleaner
production strategies
Resource/energy
recovery technology evaluation
Waste
management strategies/master plans
Waste
haulage analysis and transfer station development evaluation
Siting,
environmental evaluation and design of waste management facilities
Statutory
approvals
Environmental
management plans
Environmental
compliance monitoring and audits
Leachate
and landfill gas monitoring, treatment and management
Landfill
hydrologic modelling
Hydrogeology
- site assessments, monitoring and analysis
Landfill
rehabilitation and post-closure management plans
Emerging
waste technology evaluation
Biomedical
waste management
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| Transporting recyclables in Zhongshan, Guangdong
Province, Peoples Republic of China. Earth Systems was commissioned
by the City of Zhongshan to develop a solid waste management
strategy for the City. |
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Recent projects completed by Earth Systems include:
In association
with CMPS&F Pty Ltd, development of a waste management strategy
for Gannawarra Shire Council in north western Victoria.
Preparation
of an Environmental Management Plan for a proposed private secure
landfill near Melbourne, Victoria.
Siting and
design of a facility for the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous
wastes produced in Hyderabad, a major industrial centre in southern
India. This is an important component of a project being undertaken
by Kinhill Engineers Pty Ltd and the Overseas Projects Corporation
of Victoria Ltd for AusAID and the World Bank.
Specialist
advice to Kinhill Pty Ltd and Gutteridge Haskins & Davey Pty Ltd
in the development of a solid waste master plan as part of the AusAID
Da Nang Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Vietnam.
Development
of a solid waste management strategy for the City of Zhongshan, Guangdong
Province in the People's Republic of China. The study included a review
of present solid waste management practices, identification of any
hazards or risks associated with these practices and the identification
of cost-effective strategies for improving solid waste management
within Zhongshan.
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