Avaliação dos aspectos estruturais e operacionais em cinco aterros sanitários, localizados nos estados do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo.

Abstract

The solid waste generated daily by the populations requires the implementation of an integrated management system of waste in order to supply as from the reduce of the generation to the final disposition adequate. In this perspective, the landfill plays an important function, due its economic and environmental viability for final disposal of solid waste. The realization of researches associated to the sanitary landfill is of high importance, because of the levels of security that this type of engineering job requires. This paper presents the results of the study of structural engineering aspects and some operational criteria in five landfills, located in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. The criteria included in this academic work were site characterization, waterproofing system, leachate drainage system, biogas drainage system and rainwater drainage system, plus the description of the operating proceeding and the environmental and geotechnical monitoring plan. The principal result of this research is the contribution to the identification of mechanisms and/or improvement of existing techniques to establish the high performance of landfills.