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Payatas Landfill Tragedy Analysis by Svnshine Tan is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes a landslide event that occurred at the Payatas dumpsite in the Philippines in July 2000, killing over 200 people. A forensic evaluation found that the major contributing factor was the low waste density at the landfill, which allowed high rates of water percolation that reduced shear strength and triggered the failure. The low waste density was due to the composition of waste delivered to the site, which contained a high portion of light plastics and lacked materials like paper. Meas
- Author
- Svnshine Tan
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- EN