The landfill is located in the Tufo Colonoco area within the Municipality of Isernia and is classified, pursuant to Article 4 of Legislative Decree No. 36 of 13 January 2003, as a landfill for non-hazardous waste.
Listed among the waste disposal facilities operating in the Province of Isernia, it is included in the new Regional Waste Management Plan adopted by the Regional Council through Resolution No. 100 of 1 March 2016, and it meets all the technical requirements set out by the above-mentioned legislative decree.
Waste unloaded in the designated area is transported by tracked loader or compactor and deposited in the disposal zone, where it is arranged in cells with a front width not exceeding 8 metres and a depth not exceeding 12 metres. The optimal height of the cells ranges between 2 and 2.5 metres.
Through this system, combined with adequate waste compaction achieved by repeated passes of the tracked loader and the use of dedicated solid waste compactors, it is possible to place no less than 250 tonnes of waste per cell. At the end of each working day, once compaction of the waste within the cell has been completed, a covering layer of soil or biostabilised material with a thickness of 15–20 cm is spread and compacted, ensuring that no waste remains exposed, including along the side slopes.