This page has some data and links to other resources that helped us in our Landfill Mining Journey.

This map is for Historic landfills in England (created by Dr James H. Brand using Environment Agency data). Just to note, this map shows both historic landfill (where the problems occur!) and filled land (which is back filled land with soil, or something inert).

There is no way to discern the difference without actually core sampling the land.

Below is a link to Sky News where Director Andrew Jenkins had an interview with Tom Heap, explaining the problems around historic landfills here

Sky News with Tom Heap also has done a lot of work covering landfill sites, which you can find online.

A great contact in this area is Professor Kate Spencer, who is also very involved in this work, and has many research papers and studies into historic landfill breaches. Link to her work is below:
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/staff/spencerk.html

As mentioned earlier, Lynemouth is a location for a breached historic landfill that is being cleaned up

There are details about the current state of Lynemouth Beach on the Northumberland County Council website:
https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/SearchResults.aspx?searchtype=news&searchtext=lynemouth
Below is a PDF on the consultation and what they plan to do with the waste. Have a read through this document, it becomes apparent it is very similar to landfill mining:
https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ne16-5sn-northumberland-county-council/supporting_documents/Waste%20Acceptance%20Procedures.pdf

Other councils aware of their breached landfill waste

Unfortunately there are many other councils around the country who are aware of the waste and the problems it causes, however they don’t have the funds to deal with it.
https://landss.soton.ac.uk/coastal

The permits that are needed – Environment Agency

I have put this on a separate page, as the response is quite lengthy. The page is here.