Sudokwon Landfill Site
The Sudokwon Landfill is one of the largest sanitary landfill sites worldwide with a size of 20
million square meters (19,790,000 m2
). It handles 37% of the waste generated in Korea [54]. The
Sudokwon Landfill, situated in Incheon, 35km west of Seoul, has been serving the 58 cities of Seoul,
Incheon and the surrounding metropolitan areas since its first operation in 1992. In 2009, out of the 4.4
million tons of waste received into the Sudokwon Landfill, 2.9 million tons were MSW (65.6% of the
total) (Table 10). This sanitary landfill is equipped with modern technologies such as a synthetic liner, a
leachate and landfill gas collecting system and a 50MW steam cycle power plant that converts landfill
gas into electricity [28]. According to the Ministry of Environment, the power plant started operating in
December 2006 and generates 30 million USDs worth of electricity that is fed into the local power grid.