Project information
Project aim
Landfill materials leach heavy metals into the environment. This project will investigate ways to immobilise these metals in situ and in the ground, creating a cheaper management solution than "digging and hauling" the landfill back to Australia. The methods, based around immobilisation techniques used in warmer latitudes, will be laboratory developed and field tested using contaminated soil material sourced from the Davis Station landfill. The extent of contamination at the Davis Station landfill will also be investigated so that best practise management can be implemented.
Related publications
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Formation and stability of Pb-, Zn- & Cu-PO4 phases at low temperatures: Implications for heavy metal fixation in polar environments. Environmental Pollution, 2012
(Ref: 14979)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Products and stability of phosphate reactions with lead under freeze-thaw cycling in simple systems. Environmental pollution, 2011
(Ref: 14978)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Transportable EDXRF analysis of environmental water samples using Amberlite IRC748 ion-exchange preconcentration. X-Ray Spectrometry, 2010
(Ref: 14319)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Assessment of metal contamination using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) during remediation of a waste disposal site in Antarctica Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2008
(Ref: 13264)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
The remediation of the Thala Valley landfill, Casey Station, East Antarctica, is part of efforts to … clean-up contaminated sites associated with the Australian Antarctic Program. These sites, ranging from abandoned rubbish dumps to fuel spills…