About
Steve Last BSc MICE CEng MCIWM
This web site is created and maintained by Steve Last in support of his consultancy service IPPTS Associates.
IPPTS Associates have the capability (through our associate arrangements) to advise on all aspects of landfill leachate management, from leachate management option studies, to leachate treatment plant design, installation supervision and commissioning.
Our capabilities include:
- Environmental consenting (previously known as Waste Permitting (including IPPC applications))
- Best Available Techniques (BAT) assessments
- Full process design, installation, tendering, project management, specification, tendering, contract administration, construction supervision, commissioning and operation, of leachate collection and treatment systems (through associate arrangements)
- Commissioning of completed leachate treatment plants
- Troubleshooting of process problems for existing biological leachate treatment plants
- Advice on updating and refurbishing old leachate treatment facilities
- Training of biological leachate treatment plant site operators.
Other landfill related web sites supported by this and associated authors are:
- The Leachate EU web site – a new content rich leachate processes web site, by a landfill leachate expert
- The landfill CQA weblog
- The Landfill Gas Web Site – for landfill gas information and technical developments
- The Methane Stripping Web Site – for techniques for the removal of dissolved methane from leachate extracted from gassing landfills prior to sewer discharge
- The Landfill ATEX and DSEAR Web Site.
Other landfill related web sites include:
- The Mechanical Biological Treatment Web Site – to understand the new waste treatment techniques required to pre-treat the organic content of wastes and comply with the EU Landfill Directive
- The Anaerobic Digestion web site
- The Biogas-Digester web site, about the anaerobic digestion process
- The Composting Web Site – for commercial and municipal composting.
