State of compaction realized in the public landfill of Tangier and its impact on the duration of the exploitation

An urgent demand for the existing landfill Tangier to host household and industrial waste in the city until 2016 Expected opening of future landfill dates. This application requires to study at the exploitation and especially the compaction mode to estimate the remaining life of the landfill and to propose improvements to withstand up to 2016. This article presents an overview of the physical characteristics of household and similar waste of the Tangier landfill, especially composition, granulometry and moisture. The aim of this work is to know whether the mode of compaction used is valid for the landfill persists until 2016 if not what are the appropriate solutions improvements in this case.