Subsurface leachate recirculation or liquid injection methods for municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are horizontal trenches, vertical wells, and permeable blankets. In this study, results of field-scale testing and numerical modeling of a recently developed subsurface leachate recirculation system called permeable blankets have been presented. In the field, at a MSW landfill located in Michigan, the travel of injected leachate in a 60-m-wide by 9-m-long by 0.15-m-deep blanket made up of crushed recycled glass was measured using an automated sensing system consisting of sensors embedded in the blanket. Leachate injection rates used in the field and simulated in this study ranged from 1.1 to 3.6 m3 ∕h per meter length of the injection pipe embedded in the permeable blanket. HYDRUS-2D was used to simulate the travel and pressure head of injected leachate in permeable blankets. The influence of the following parameters on the hydraulic performance of permeable blankets was evaluated: (1) hydraulic propert...