When Yesterday’s Trash Becomes Tomorrow’s Crisis

What happens when yesterday’s landfills become today’s problem—cracking, leaking, or resurfacing in the wake of poor maintenance or climate-driven disasters? In this episode, we dive into how companies and communities are tackling the legacy of contaminated sites, and the best practices shaping a safer, more resilient future for remediation. We hear from Angelique Dickson, co-host in this episode, President of the Inogen Alliance and EVP at Antea Group USA; Paul Walker, Technical Director at Tonkin + Taylor New Zealand; and Andrew Green, Senior Associate at Peter J. Ramsay & Associates, Australia.

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Guest Quotes

“The  relationship with landfills is an interesting one. They're a necessary evil. We all use them to a greater or lesser extent. But I think there's an element that we don't want to think about them. We don't want them to be there. We just want somebody else to deal with them, basically.” - Paul

“ Our landfill space has been relatively well regulated.That's not to say that we don't have historic landfills that are sort of forgotten, or our legacy sites…But basically what we've got in Victoria is some of the highest standards for landfill design, siting design, operation and rehabilitation in the country. A lot of other states and even other countries use our standards as their default.” - Andrew

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Time Stamps
(00:00) Landfills: Out of sight, out of mind?

(00:46) Meet the hosts and guests

(01:19) Biggest risks of modern landfills

(02:41) New Zealand's legacy landfills: A case study

(09:54) Australia's best practices in landfill management

(16:59) Climate change and its impact on landfills

(22:28) Innovations and global knowledge sharing

(32:15) Key takeaways with the hosts

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Sponsor copy

Rethinking EHS is brought to you by the Inogen Alliance. Inogen Alliance is a global network of 70+ companies providing environment, health, safety and sustainability services working together to provide one point of contact to guide multinational organizations to meet their global commitments locally. Visit http://www.inogenalliance.com/ to learn more.

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Links

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Phil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phildillard/

Angie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angeliquedickson/

Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-walker-716a6139/\

Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-green-740b7776/