The present work evaluates the biological ammonia removal of a landfill leachate, through nitritation/denitritation as well as the utilization of the organic compounds present in the landfill leachate, as carbon source to denitritation process. It also evaluates the ammonia removal of landfill leachate by the ammonia stripping process. It has been used two systems for the stripping process, the first one was constituted of a reactor (R-2) with 20L useful volume kept on mechanical shaking (vane) and the second one was composed of a cylindrical column, with a 10L of landfill leachate volume, kept on aeration. Beyond the biological ammonia removal it also had a reduction in the COD, BOD and TOC concentration during the stripping cycles. The ammonia removal volumetric rate during the stripping cycles have varied between 78 e 86,95 mg N-NH3/L.day. In order to evaluate the ammonia removal through the short cut (via nitrite) one has used a sequencing batch reactor (SBR-1) with a 20L useful volume. The reactor was been operated by a period of approximately 1 year. The assessment of nitritation/denitritation process has happened in 4 distinct phases: in the first one the system was fed on 2L of heavy landfill leachate; in the second the system R-1 was fed on pre-treated landfill leachate (N-NH3leachate ≅ 1200 mg/L); in the third phase the system was also fed on 2L of pre-treated landfill leachate (N-NH3leachate ≅ 900 mg/L); and finally, in the fourth phase it was fed on 4L of pre-treated landfill leachate (N-NH3leachate ≅ 900 mg/L). In the two first phases of this research the biological ammonia removal was been relatively efficient, varying between 80 and 90%, however, even with the free ammonia varying between 0,18 and 20,70 mg/L, it has not had nitratation inhibition during the aerated stage of the treatment cycles. During phases 1 and 2 the anoxic phase was relatively long and specific denitritation rates have varied between 0,0100 and 0,0148 Kg NO3 , NO2 / Kg VSS.day. In phase 3, after the change of system feeding, the R-1 reactor has entered in balance regime and the nitratation inhibition has been practically total (above 95%). Even with the complete nitratation inhibition, the anoxic phase during the phase 3 treatment cycles have continued being relatively long (72h on average), thus sending to a lack of organic compounds for the nitrite reduction in this phase. In phase 4, although the not inhibition of nitratation during the first cycles, in the followed cycles the inhibition has been almost total, demonstrating clearly the system adaptation to the necessary conditions to the nitrite accumulation. The maintenance of pH of liquid mass next to 8,3 has been determinative for the accumulation of nitrite during all phases of this research. In phases 1 and 2 it have been necessary to control the pH alkalinizing the system, already in phases 3 and 4 this control has not been necessary.