A sanitary landfill is intended for final disposal of waste produced by human activities. At EGF, it is also the last environmental resort in an integrated management system, which is the case in Portugal.
Even so, it is often the only way of ensuring safe disposal of mixed waste as it guarantees a strict environmental protection system with suitable drainage for leachate and biogas. Despite it being a final disposal system, energy can also be produced from biogas - in the EGF Universe there are 27 landfills. There is also a biogas drainage network (gases from biodegradation of waste mass) at a sanitary landfill, which is sent for energy recovery or burning. A sanitary landfill must also have an environmental monitoring system to control leachate, biogas, underground waterways, surface waters and topographic changes. When it reaches its maximum capacity, the sanitary landfill is closed and redesigned to blend in with the landscape. Later on, it may become an environmentally safe and protected green area or park to be used by the population.
Mato da Cruz Landfill
West Landfill
Location: Outeiro da Cabeça / Vilar Cadaval
Area occupied: 14 hectares of deposition area.
Waste accepted / treated: All wastes from undifferentiated collection.
Treatment process: Controlled waste disposal.
Origin: Undifferentiated collection
Maximum processing capacity: 3,183,000 m3 total fit
Start of operations: January 2002
Sotavento Landfill
Location: Chão Frio - Porto de Lagos, 8500-800 Portimão
Occupied Area: 54 Ha
Waste accepted / treated: All urban waste from undifferentiated collection.
Treatment process: Technical confinement and biogas energy recovery.
Origin: Municipal Collection
Maximum processing capacity: (3 569 500 ton - design)
Start of operations: February 1998
Barlavento Landfill
Location: Vale Maria Dias - Cortelha Salir, 8100-170 Loulé
Area occupied: (59 ha)
Waste accepted / treated: All urban waste from undifferentiated collection.
Treatment process: (Technical confinement and biogas energy recovery)
Origin: Municipal Collection
Maximum processing capacity: (3 721 870 ton - design)
Start of operations: June 2000
Palmela Landfill
Area occupied: (43 ha)
Waste accepted / treated: Construction and demolition wastes; Municipal and similar waste, including selectively collected fractions; Garden and park waste; Other similar municipal waste.
Treatment process: (Controlled disposal of non-hazardous municipal waste with energy production.)
Origin: Municipal Collection and Similar waste.
Maximum processing capacity: (5 459 484 ton - design)
Start of operations: 1997
Seixal Landfill
Area occupied: (32 ha)
Waste accepted / treated: Construction and demolition wastes; Municipal and similar waste, including selectively collected fractions; Garden and park waste; Other similar municipal waste.
Treatment process: (Controlled disposal of non-hazardous municipal waste with energy production.)
Origin: Municipal Collection and Similar waste.
Maximum processing capacity: (5 045 364 ton - design)
Start of operations: 1995 (CM Seixal) and 1997 passed to Amarsul
Coimbra Support Landfill
Location: Vil de Matos, 3025-607 Coimbra
Area occupied: 16 ha
Waste accepted / treated: All wastes from undifferentiated collection.
Treatment process: Controlled waste disposal.
Origin: Urban Cleaning, Monsters, Wastes from the TMB and the Selective Screening Station
Maximum processing capacity: 1,524,246 m3
Start of operations: October 2012
Aveiro Support Landfill
Location: Eirol, 3800-703 Aveiro
Area occupied: 17 ha
Waste accepted / treated: All wastes from undifferentiated collection.
Treatment process: Controlled waste disposal.
Origin: Urban Cleaning, Monsters, Wastes from the TMB and the Selective Screening Station
Maximum processing capacity: 2,543,720 m3
Start of operations: October 2012
Fundão Landfill
Location: Urban Solid Waste Treatment Center - Peroviseu Road - Quinta das Areias - 6230 Fundão
Origin: Municipal selective collection in the area of influence of SMM - Almeida, Belmonte, Celorico da Beira, Covilhã, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Fornos de Algodres, Fundão, Guarda, Manteigas, Meda, Penamacor, Pinhel, Sabugal and Trancoso
Treatment process: Hand sorting and baling of recyclable waste
Maximum processing capacity: 350 kg / hour
Start of operations: 2008
Waste accepted / treated: plastic / metal packaging waste and paper / cardboard
Avis Landfill
Location: Avis Polo - Herdade das Marrãs - 7480-352 Figueira e Barros - AVIS
Origin: Municipal selective collection in the area of influence of the SMM (Abrantes, Alter do Chão, Arronches, Avis, Campo Maior, Castelo Branco, Castelo de Vide, Crato, Elvas, Fronteira, Gavião, Idanha- Marvão, Monforte, Nisa, Oleiros, Ponte de Sôr, Portalegre, Proença-a-Nova, Sardoal, Sertã, Sousel, Vila de Rei and Vila Velha de Rodão.)
Process of treatment: Automatic sorting and baling of recyclable waste
Maximum processing capacity: 2.5 tonnes
Start of operations: 2007
Waste accepted / treated: plastic / metal packaging waste and paper / cardboard
Aterro Sanitário de Castelo Branco
Location: Castelo Branco
Origin: Municipal selective collection in the area of influence of the SMM (Abrantes, Alter do Chão, Arronches, Avis, Campo Maior, Castelo Branco, Castelo de Vide, Crato, Elvas, Fronteira, Gavião, Idanha- Marvão, Monforte, Nisa, Oleiros, Ponte de Sôr, Portalegre, Proença-a-Nova, Sardoal, Sertã, Sousel, Vila de Rei and Vila Velha de Rodão.)
Treatment process: Hand sorting and baling of recyclable waste
Maximum processing capacity: 350 kg / hour
Start of operations: 2011
Waste accepted / treated: plastic / metal packaging waste and paper / cardboard
