Landfill Information

From here you can find out whether a property within the Dudley Borough is located near any of the closed landfill sites held in the Council's records. For the landfills for which the Council holds a record, you can also view an associated datasheet, which gives more information about that particular landfill site.
Once you select an address that the system recognises, a map centred on this address will be shown. Recorded landfill sites are shown as red-hatched areas with blue borders. Clicking within the red hatching will call up the name of the landfill. You can then view the information held for each landfill by selecting "view datasheet".

What landfill site records are held on this database?

The landfill sites shown on this database are those for which Dudley Council holds records. Broadly, the records held fall into the following categories:

• Historically recorded and/or regulated landfills: Historically, some waste disposal activities were recorded and monitored and we hold some records for certain historical landfill sites within the Dudley Borough. Generally, however, little information is held on historical landfill sites, as there were few controls on waste disposal activities at this time.
• Refuse Tips: The locations of refuse tips have been identified from examining historical maps. Usually, little further information is held on historical landfill sites, as there were few controls on waste disposal activities at this time.
• COPA licensed landfill sites: In 1974 the Control of Pollution Act (COPA) 1974 was introduced to tighten the control and regulation of waste disposal sites and provided the first waste disposal licensing regime. Broadly, the Council holds records for sites that were licensed under this act.

The Council only holds records for historical and closed landfill sites. For information about operating and modern landfill sites, you should contact the Environment Agency: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/maps/info/landfill/. You should also be mindful of disclaimers given regarding the accuracy of the information provided.

This site uses GIS-MO (Getting Information Simply – Mapping Online) Lite, which is an interactive geographical information system which allows you to view and inspect map-based information for the Dudley area. Tools are provided to allow you to zoom and pan around the map, and ‘point and click’ to view information about features on the map.

This application is compatible with Internet Explorer 6. Some of the functionality may not work in other browsers. You will need javascript and pop-ups enabled for the map page to work properly.

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