IUT Landfill Remediation Project

Landfill Remediation Project in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The Largest Landfill Remediation Project World-wide

The Sharjah Emirate is the third largest emirate of the United Arab Emirates and lies right next to Dubai on the Arabian Gulf.

Owing to the rapid expansion of the city of Sharjah, its old landfill which was formerly situated outside the city is now surrounded by residential districts, the University of Sharjah and industrial sites. In addition, the bottom of the landfill was flooded from time to time due to the rise and fall of the groundwater table which has caused an odour nuisance to nearby residences.

Since mid-September 2004, the landfill was excavated and the material processed. Non-contaminated, sandy material and rock were returned to the site in order to make the land usable for urban development (specifically for construction of a shopping centre, a hospital, housing estates and a highway).

For this purpose, IUT delivered to Sharjah four mechanical sorting systems, as well as two SMELL WELL Systems for the aeration of buried material prior to excavation.

The first part of the landfill represents a volume of about 4.5 million m³ (out of a total of about 6.5 million m³), making it the world’s largest landfill remediation project.

Technical Facts and Statistics of the Sharjah Project

Project Workforce:	10 Engineers
	150 Workers and Operators
Sorting Lines:	2 lines for excavated municipal solid waste (MSW)
	2 lines for excavated construction and demolition waste (CDW)
	1 screen line for excavated CDW
Equipment:	40 pieces of mobile mechanical equipment
	2 SMELL WELL Systems

Volume to be excavated for “Area 966”:	~ 4,500,000 m³
Volume to be excavated for “Highway Area”:	~ 180,000 m³

Daily excavated volume (maximum capacity):	12,000 m³
Daily processed volume (maximum capacity):	12,000 m³

Remediation Time for “Area 966”:	~ 18 months
Remediation Time for “Highway Area”:	~ 2 – 3 months