Sanitary landfill is the common strategy for municipal solid waste management in developing countries. Anaerobic decomposition of disposed wastes in landfill under favorable conditions will lead to the landfill gas (LFG) emissions, considering as emerging air pollutants. The emission of greenhouse gases, including methane, resulting from municipal solid waste disposal and treatment processes ar...

Contaminant transport analysis was performed for four selected solid waste landfill designs using the computer code POLLUTE. The diffusion coefficients were determined for the natural soils (aquitard) and compacted soils from the Urumia landfill site, using the diffusion tests. These coefficients along with the geometrical, physical, and chemical parameters of the natural soil and engineered la...

In Tunisia, olive mill wastewater (OMWW) locally named ‘margine’ constitutes a serious problem due to its huge amount, of about one million ton per year, and the high pollutant load resulting in excessive chemical oxygen demand (COD) values presence phytotoxic antibacterial polyphenols. The most common treatment OMWW was storage evaporation ponds which are authorized but uncontrolled. Thus, it ...

NOMENCLATURE Subscripts d Dismantling procedure/unit s Storage site r Treatment unit m Market for cullet i Any procedure/unit Design variables Quantity of ELV transferred to dismantling unit d Quantity of ELV of no glazing dismantling Quantity of glazing transformed from dismantling unit d to storage site s Quantity of glazing exposed to landfill Total quantity of glazing exposed to landfill Qu...

This paper presents a case study in simulating leachate generation and transport at a 2000 ton/day landfill facility and assesses leachate migration away from the landfill in order to control associated environmental impacts, particularly on groundwater wells down gradient of the site. The site offers unique characteristics in that it is a former quarry converted to a landfill and is planned to...

Contaminated groundwater poses a significant health hazard and may also impact wildlife such as amphibians when it surfaces. Using FETAX (Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus), the developmental toxicity of ground and surface water samples near a closed municipal landfill at Norman, OK, were evaluated. The groundwater samples were taken from a network of wells in a shallow, unconfined aquife...

An inventory of material and energy consumption during the construction and operation (C&O) of a typical sanitary landfill site in China was calculated based on Chinese industrial standards for landfill management and design reports. The environmental impacts of landfill C&O were evaluated through life cycle assessment (LCA). The amounts of materials and energy used during this type of undertak...