Environmental Health – Contaminated Land Team

Landfill Data Sheet

  Site Name:
Albright & Wilson - Lower City Road
  Alias:

The Gower Tip

  Address:

Lower City Road
    Tividale
    West
Midlands

  Grid Reference:
397665 290018
  LF Reference:
54 (D21)
  Licensed:   Surrendered
(19th April 1994)

  Type of fill: Licence permitted the deposit of dry waste from inorganic chemical
  manufacture, including building rubble contaminated with asbestos, packaging
  contaminated with sodium hydroxide and inert waste for use as cover material.

  Age of fill:
1978 to 1991

  Any testing for landfill gas: None. An amendment to the site licence was
issued in 1990 that detailed the provision for a 3-month trial monitoring period
  for the generation of landfill gas. No documentation exists for the production of
  landfill gas during this period.

Results of gas tests: N/A

  Details of any remediation: None

Additional Information:

1.  This data sheet refers specifically to issues concerning landfill gas. Its content is distinct
from Sandwell MBC’s requirements under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act
1990.

2.  Landfill gas in this context is an end product of the degradation of biodegradable wastes
in a landfill site. Biodegradable material is any organic matter that can be decomposed by
microorganisms. Typically it is a mixture of up to 65% methane and 35% carbon dioxide
plus trace concentrations of a range of organic gases and vapours. (Waste Management
Paper No27 – DoE)

3.  This information is based on that currently available to the Sandwell Metropolitan
Borough Council, but may have been collated from a number of sources of varying
reliability. The Council is not able to offer any warranty as to the accuracy or
completeness of the information provided, and cannot accept any liability for loss or
damage arising from the use of the information, except where such loss or damage is due
to the Council's negligence.


This record was last updated on: 15.11.01

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