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Historic Landfill
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Guardian Weekend Magazine:
What lies beneath: the nature park covering up a dirty secret
(15 February 2020)
New Statesman America:
Secrets of the Shore: the landfill rubbish laid bare by the sea
(30 October 2019)
Geographical Magazine:
The toxic threat heading to UK beaches
(29 July 2019)
BBC News:
Waste from landfill site ending up in Thames Estuary News Item
(16th July 2019)
BBC1:
Countryfile
- interview from 20 minutes (18th December 2018)
BBC4:
The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History
(October 2018)
The Times:
Storm risk to coastal landfill sites
(26th January 2018)
QMUL School of Geography news:
What lies beneath? PhD study digs down to reveal legacy of landfill under our feet.
(2
nd
April 2014)
The Independent:
Landfill dumps across UK 'at risk of leaking hazardous chemicals'
(21
st
February 2016)
QMUL press release:
Floods and coastal erosion may expose contents of UK landfills, study finds
(5
th
May 2016)
The Guardian:
Pollution risk from over 1,000 old UK landfill sites due to coastal erosion
(5
th
May 2016)
The Ends Report:
Landfill: What lurks beneath
(23
rd
September 2016)
BBC Radio 4:
What Lies Beneath: The Legacy of Landfill
(20
th
June 2017)
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One in ten historic coastal landfill sites are at risk of erosion
(16th November 2017)
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One in ten historic landfills at risk of releasing waste
(21st November 2017)
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