Green and Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change-Resilient Waste Infrastructure
LIFE GREEN ADAPT aims to increase the resilience of EU waste infrastructures against climate change. This will be achieved by demonstrating the potential of blue-green infrastructures (BGI) and ecosystem-based approaches to manage flash flooding and run-off caused by heavy rainfall and prevent fires and explosions caused by droughts and unusual heatwaves.
The project expects to have a range of results and impacts. Notably, bio-technosoils made of wastes from the landfill will be used to stabilise and recover soil by improving its structure and increase soil quality by regulating nutrient supply. New treatment wetlands (TW) will be engineered to address polluted landfill leachate and run-off, delivering water with a 95% reduction in heavy metals and a 99% reduction in ammonium and DBO5 compounds. Finally, an industrial demonstration site will be used to validate the potential of the BGI and ecosystem-based approaches and verify their performance.
Expected Results
50% Increase
of Landfill Infrastructure Life Span
Increased Infrastructure Life Span by 50%
1,065m³ / year
of polluted water spill overs avoided
Polluted water spill overs avoided, increasing resilience to flooding
21,300m³ / year
of water available to natural watercourses
More water available to natural watercourses, improving resilience to droughts
Partners
Latest News
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LIFE GREEN ADAPT is changing the game of landfill resilience
The LIFE GREEN ADAPT project is co-funded by the European Union’s LIFE programme (LIFE20 CCA/ES/001795) and is entering its 4th year in 2024.
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LIFE GREEN ADAPT 2# Newsletter released
The 2nd Newsletter of the LIFE GREEN ADAPT project is out! Learn about the progress made in the project to make landfill sites resilient to climate change, through implementing innovative-based solutions.
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LIFE GREEN ADAPT presented at Inter-American Development Bank Annual Assembly
LIFE GREEN ADAPT partner Isle Utilities attended the IDB Annual Assembly in Panama in March 2023. Dr. Blanca Antizar, European Director of Isle Utilities and Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at UCL, presented the LIFE GREEN ADAPT project.
