We examine the intertemporal allocation of the solid waste of cities within the United States to spatially distributed landfills and incinerators, taking into account that capacity at existing and potential landfills is scarce. Amendments have been proposed to restrict waste flows between states by means of quotas and surcharges. We assess the aggregate surplus loss (and its regional distributi...

Contaminant transport in a strongly heterogeneous stratified formation whose log hydraulic conductivity distribution has a variance greater than unity is investigated. Four kinds of waste leakage scenario are studied. They are: (1) continuous waste leakage from landfills; (2) temporal waste leakage from landfills; (3) continuous deepwell injection wastes; and (4) temporal deep-well injection wa...

This paper begins by providing an outline of various waste stabilisation techniques on which the concept of bioreactor or process-based landfills is based, followed by an overview of the research and development of this alternative landfill approach. The paper then presents a summary of the Australian experience. It also reports on the current state of bioreactor landfills and discusses the dif...

Protection of the environment from solid waste hazards is becoming a serious problem. Different laws and legislations had been put into practice for this purpose. The effect of solid waste in developing countries with limited financial and natural resources and high population growth rate is more severe. To overcome these difficulties, prudent management system for solid waste is required. Furt...

The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology to evaluate the feasibility of using landfill gas (LFG) as a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel source for heavy-duty refuse trucks operating on landfills. Using LFG as a vehicle fuel can make the landfills more self-sustaining, reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, and reduce emissions and greenhouse gases. Acrion Technologies Inc. in asso...

In the landfills of municipal solid wastes there are a number of constituents which will leach under the influence of infiltrating water. Among the leached constituents there are also trace inorganics which are potentially hazardous to the environment, the most important being the heavy metals. It follows that the waste landfills have a high contamination potential in terms of heavy metals, bec...