Holwell Hyde former landfill operations
A gallery of photographs showing the former waste site at Cole Green/Holwell Hyde in operation. The site accepted a variety of household and commercial waste from 1920-1990. The land now falls within the area promoted being promoted as Birchall Garden Suburb by landowner Tarmac, the proposal being supported by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (April 2018). Photo dates/descriptions supplied by the Environment Agency.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Filter pool 1978 Holwell Hyde
Filter pool 1978 Holwell Hyde
Filter pool 1978 Holwell Hyde
Filter pool 1978 Holwell Hyde
Domestic waste lagoon 1979
1980- New soakaway beside liquid disposal lagoon
Filter pool 1978 Holwell Hyde
1978
Filter pool 1978 Holwell Hyde
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1978 - Machinery
1978 - Machinery
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1982- Leachate Outbreak
1982- Leachate Outbreak
1984 Area near Howell Hyde Lane Prep for Tipping Licence 77/38
1984 - Area near Howell Hyde Lane Prep for Tipping Licence 77/38
1984 - Area near Howell Hyde Lane Prep for Tipping Licence 77/38
1984 Area near Howell Hyde Lane Prep for Tipping Licence 77/38
1969
1969 - Oldest Layers & decomposition complete
1969 - Instance of wood packing material (cellulose, lignum & decomposition
1969 - General view of opened face, note very complete decomposition of bottom layer
Waste site
Close up of grading machine. Fines on left
1969 - Note compression of 2 lower layers. Bottle gives scale
1969 Close up of compressed layer
Grading machine, reject material for re-burial
1977 - HCC Civic Amenities Site
Waste site
1970 Machine for grading decomposed refuse. Fine material used as a soil dressing
1979 Liquid disposal lagoon
1979 - Tipping Domestic refuse into anaerobic lagoon
1979 Liquid disposal lagoon
1979 Methane bubbles in ditch beside old railway
1979 - Ditch beside old rail track – now site road
1979 - Leachate pump
1979 Leachate collection sump
1980 - New soakaway beside liquid disposal lagoon
1985 West side leachate seepage
1987 - Forming “clay cap” from incoming spoil
1987 - Forming “clay cap” from incoming spoil
1979 - Lagoon
1987 - Holwell Hyde Lane in background
1987
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