WHY LANDFILL MINING (LFM)?

Rationale

1. Problem Identification

   • Waste storage constraints & rising tipping fees

   • Supply chain shortages & prolonged wait times

   • Expensive, time-consuming, and energy-intensive fresh resource extraction

2. Strategic Goals

   • Improve waste management practices

   • Create less expensive material delivery

   • Achieve sustainability targets focused on the Circular Economy & protecting human health/environment

3. Opportunistic Outcomes

   • Create new land/recover landfill space for reuse

   • Reintroduce valuable materials into the supply chain

   • Reduce reliance on fresh resource mining

4. Enablers

   • Evaluate the volume + age + metal content necessary for profitable landfill mining

   • Technological advances (alternative mining methods)

   • Regulatory and policy drivers