The application of aerial photography to surveys of potential disposal sites

Abstract

The reorganisation of County boundaries which took place on 1st April 1974, resulted in a number of new responsibilities, and problems, for the County authorities. Among these new responsibilities was the management of waste disposal, which previously had been carried out on a very local basis, by a large number of smaller authorities. The management of waste disposal at County level revealed a number of major problems - one of which was the absence of a rapid, cost effective method of locating potential tipping sites. The LOGORU report on Economic Spoil Management(April 1972) under the heading, The Technical Problem, states "The identification of all disposal sites and the estimation of their capacity is not so easy...""It is also practical to identify many of the disposal sites which may eventually become available". The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of developing an accurate, speedy, cost effective and practical method - using aerial survey -for identifying, locating, mapping and measuring potential waste disposal sites.