A practitioner’s knowledge base for the UAE waste sector — the regulation we track, the research we rely on, and notes from the field. No fluff, no marketing.
Legislation tracker
We monitor UAE and GCC waste-regulation changes and log them as they happen. The live tracker lists implemented laws and recent legislative updates so you can see what has moved and when.
Research library
A curated, practitioner-focused reading list on liner integrity, leak location and CQA. We add one paper and one field note each month. Everything here is freely readable.
Detecting Defects in Geomembranes of Landfill Liner Systems: leak density statistics from 89 projects
Forget, Rollin & Jacquelin
Why this matters on site: The clearest numbers in the literature on what CQA is actually worth — roughly 4 leaks/ha on exposed liner installed under rigorous CQA versus about 22 leaks/ha without, and 0.5 vs 15.3 leaks/ha once covered. When a client asks why third-party CQA is in the budget, this is the citation.
Geomembrane leak detection and leakage correlation factors: electrical leak location across 55 Chinese landfills
ScienceDirect, 2023
Why this matters on site: Field data on hole frequency, size and theoretical leakage by liner configuration — double liners cut hole frequency by about 28% and leakage by over 60% versus single liners at the same protection density. Real evidence for liner-system selection conversations.
Leak Location Testing — guidance note LGG 113
UK Environment Agency / ESA
Why this matters on site: The UK regulatory framing many of our methods descend from — free to read, and useful for showing UAE clients where international best practice on liner-integrity surveying comes from.
Detection and Location of Leaks in Geomembrane Liners (including soil-covered liners)
NRC archive
Why this matters on site: The practical constraints of electrical leak-location surveys — isolating conduction paths and surveying under protective cover — written for practitioners. Free full text.
Field insights
Technical notes and articles from live work, client-anonymised. A selection of recent pieces: