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Background Bitumen is a sticky, black mixture of hydrocarbons and other substances, occurring naturally or obtained by distillation from coal or petroleum. It is commonly used in road construction as a component of asphalt, together with small stones and sand etc. Bitumen is also used in felt roofing material, where it delivers important qualities as a du ...

...ment. The project trialled the bio-cover approach at the Fakse landfill site, located in the Southeastern part of Sealand (Denmark) and operated by BIOCOVER consortium member I/S Fasan. The project started with a landfill characterisation, a baseline study of methane emissions, and the testing of improvement strategies (e.g. the testing of 7 covering compost materials). After establishing a full- ...