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Large waste landslide struck in Colombia's landfill
- Apr, 28, 2020
- Landfill Engineering Landslides Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Colombia, Bogotá
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A large waste landslide struck in a landfill located outside of Bogota, the capital city of Colombia. The incident occurred in Dona Juana, a sanitary landfill that receives mixed municipal solid wast...
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China Landfill Slide: Search for Survivors Still Underway
- Dec, 23, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides Slope Stability
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Hundreds of rescue workers are searching for survivors after a manmade landfill failed and overcame 33 buildings and damaged utilities, including natural gas pipelines, in the southern Chinese City of...
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New Video Highlights Research on the In-Situ Assessment of the Seismic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste
- Sep, 23, 2013
- Other News Geoenvironmental Engineering Seismic Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Instrumentation
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new video released last Friday highlights new research funded by the National Science Foundation that is conducted to study the seismic response of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills. The vide...
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Paper documents failure at Payatas landfill in the Philippines that killed 330
- Jul, 10, 2000
- News On Publications Landfill Engineering Slope Stability
- landfill κοντά Payatas, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A paper published by Jafari, Prof. Tim Stark and Prof. Scott Merry describes the conditions under which the ~30 m failure took place. The paper is part of Vol. 2 Issue 3 of the International Journal o...
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Waste Slide at a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in the island of Zakynthos, Greece
- Jan, 26, 2013
- Other News Landfill Engineering Landslides
- Zakynthos, Greece
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Numerous news outlets in Greece report on Saturday the 26th of January, that a waste slide took place at the Municipal Solid Waste landfill of the island of Zakynthos in Greece. The slide took plac...
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