##  [Using Waste Wood Chips to Rehabilitate Landfill Sites](/resource/using-waste-wood-chips-rehabilitate-landfill-sites) 

Organization

[Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA)](/organization/canadian-land-reclamation-association-clra)

 

 

Project

[National CLRA Conference Papers](/project/national-clra-conference-papers)

 

Resource Type

[Report](/taxonomy/term/38)

 

 

Author(s)

Thomas Werner

 

 

Original Authors

Thomas Werner

 

 

Resource Date:

1993

 

Page Length

14

 

 

Results from the first three years of a ten year study, on the utilization of urban waste wood chips as a mulch and soil aggregate for tree establishment, are presented here. Tree growth trials on a closed landfill site have indicated that waste wood chips (hereafter also referred to as ’mulch’) offered a better growing environment through the reduction of mortality and die-back and an increase in shoot and root development. The ultimate aim of this project is to suggest a better method in landfill management through the reduction of wood wastes in the solid waste stream, abatement and redirection of landfill leachate, and an active rehabilitation effort.