Background There are two environmental issues relating to landfill sites that form the backdrop to this project. Firstly, abandoned landfill or dump sites need to be stabilised and rehabilitated, since they have been constructed under loose technical specifications and many of them were unregulated at some point in their lifecycle. They are considered as environmental and health threats, responsible for various contaminants usually abundant in leachate and air emissions. In addition, they commonly occupy land close to existing settlements that could be reclaimed for human or natural activities. The second issue is that it has been widely acknowledged in both scientific and policy forums that landfill sites are unintentional stores of large amounts of raw materials. Integrated and effective management of raw materials requires all disposed material that could be recycled or recovered to re-enter the cycle of production, leading to the increased availability of such materials and additional employment across the EU. In Greece, in particular, the development and implementation of effective waste management practices has been slow. In the area of Chalkidiki, critical problems in municipal solid waste management have been identified relating to the collection and disposal of waste. These problems have a negative impact on the environment and affect tourist activities in the wider area. Objectives The LIFE RECLAIM project aims to construct a temporary pilot application that will mine parts of existing landfills, separate useful materials and produce suitable products (concentrates), both ferrous and non-ferrous, which can be fed into a metallurgical process. The application will include a pre-processing and processing production line, as well as a beneficiation stage for non-ferrous metals, introducing innovation elements from the mining industry. Specific objectives include: Turning landfill mining into a useful tool for the recovery of useful materials, especially ferrous and non-ferrous metals, landfill capacity, soil material, recyclable materials (such plastic and paper products) and land, as in the case of old landfills, which will lead to drawing up of successful rehabilitation scheme with a minimal environmental footprint; Introducing the concept of post-disposal waste processing to the public; Identifying the potential of the procedure for metal recovery and site rehabilitation; and Implementing integrated waste management practices. Expected results: The project expects to achieve the following results: Development of a web-based GIS database for operational landfills and uncontrolled landfills in Greece accessible via a website during and after the duration of the project; Demonstration of a pilot-scale installation for waste processing at the Polygyros landfill site; Processing of at least 1 000m3 of waste for production of different concentrate samples; Drafting of a national action plan for landfill mining and strategic environmental assessment; and Socio-economic analysis of landfill mining.