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Experiment and Coupling Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Degradation Under Multiple Influencing Factors

by Wu Xiaolong Rong Wan Yue Tengda Qingxiang Song Muhammad Muneer Liu Xinyang Dequan Kong ur Rahman Masood Muhammad Awais Hussain

Solid Waste Management

The increase in municipal solid waste (MSW) in northwest China has been substantial, with a significant portion primarily treated in landfills. This rapid growth in waste generation presents considerable challenges for landfill management and treatment. The factors affecting MSW degradation are...

Landfill Solid waste +6 more
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Removal of gaseous ammonia released from leachate by adsorption on carbon-based adsorbents prepared from agro-industrial wastes

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Manuel Feliciano et al. View all

Issue 4

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Landfill facilities and organic waste treatment plants typically are known sources of odour pollution, such as gaseous NH3, among others. In this work, the removal of gaseous NH3 released from a composting line of a mechanical and biological treatment plant of undifferentiated municipal solid waste...

Valorisation Biomass +7 more
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Adsorbent potential of the leaf powder of Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. (jackfruit) in efficiently removing hexavalent chromium from landfill leachate

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Kumaran Shanmugam et al. View all

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Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation

Chromium (VI), a ubiquitous toxin, has been associated with several human cancer types as well as immunologic, cardiovascular, developmental, neurological, and endocrine disorders. The present study investigated the selective adsorption capacity and chromium (VI) removal ability of jackfruit leaf...

Jackfruit leaf powder Bio-adsorbent +5 more
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Water pollution and carbon dioxide emissions from solid waste landfills: Probabilistic monitoring and evaluation

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S.VijayaShanthy et al. View all

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Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Owing to increased population, the ground water pollution and disposal of solid waste from the domestic, commercial and the industrial sources has become higher. Mainly, leachate from sanitary landfills increase the ground water pollution and disposal of solid wastes may produce the emission of...

IoT. Emission gas monitoring Linear regression +2 more
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The Use of multiple-soil layer bioreactors to boost decomposition of fresh leachate

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Mochamad Arief Budihardjo et al. View all

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Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The amount of waste is increasing daily; however, the available land area is limited. This problem can be overcome by segregating waste and other alternatives by accelerating landfill stabilization using landfill bioreactors. In this study, anaerobic bioreactor A with daily use of water and the...

landfill bioreactor COD and BOD
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Leachate transport phenomenon on groundwater quality: modeling using MODFLOW and MT3DMS tools

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S. Kanmani et al. View all

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Air pollution and health

The dumping of solid waste in uncontrolled landfills can cause significant impacts on the environment and human health. The open dumps cause the formation of leachate which contaminated the groundwater; use of these groundwater reported danger to the human health. The goal of groundwater protection...

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Optimization Approach to Evaluate the Solar, UV and LED Visible Light Fenton Processes for Pollutant Degradation in Landfill Leachate

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ARULMATHI P et al. View all

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Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

In the current study, three different photo-assisted sources were used to evaluate the photo-Fenton oxidation process for the pollutant degradation of mature landfill leachate. Solar, UV, and LED visible light photo sources were adopted in this Fenton process. Fenton dosages (FeSO4 : H2O2) 1:30, 1.5...

landfill leachate UV +3 more
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Geostability of Dewatered Sludge as Landfill Cover Material

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Mochamad Arief Budihardjo et al. View all

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Solid Waste Management

Dewatered sludge is the main by-product from wastewater treatment and it contains various types of hazardous substances which can cause environmental pollution. The alternative utilization of sludge waste is for covering the landfill or as liner for the landfill. Landfill cover is a critical...

dewatered sludge landfill cover +2 more
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Ammonia and COD Removal From Landfill Leachate Using MAP Precipitation Method

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Ayşe KULEYİN et al. View all

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Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Most of the major cities in our country are opposed to the problem of water pollution due to the uncontrolled leachate resulting from the decomposition of solid wastes in irregular landfills. The waste waters that have high nitrogen content such as leachate cause various problems like eutrophication...

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Hybrid Phytoremediation: an Ultimate Bio-Solution for Leachate

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Atun RoyChoudhury et al. View all

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In the recent era, utmost attention is paid towards exploring the alternative source of energies, being more specific green energies. In modern days, when growing energy scarcity is a hot topic and considered as a global threat, in that context a green technology capable of sustainably addressing...

Bioaccumulation Bio-fuel +6 more
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Rapid Stabilization of Municipal Solid Waste in Bioreactor Landfills: Predictive Performance Using Coupled Modeling

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Krishna R. Reddy et al. View all

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Protection and restoration of the environment

Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are one of the major and most preferred waste management options in the United States and many other countries across the globe. The waste in conventional MSW landfills undergoes very slow decomposition due to limited amount of moisture. In this regard, the...

Solid waste management Bioreactor landfills +4 more
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Investigation of Solid Waste Characteristics in Field-Scale Landfill Test Cells

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Mehmet Sinan Bilgili et al. View all

Issue 2

Solid Waste Management

This paper presents the results of an experimental study carried out in field-scale test cells in order to determine the effect of aeration and leachate recirculation on waste decomposition rate, solid waste characteristics, landfill gas composition and settlement in the landfill body. Four landfill...

Aerobic landfill Anaerobic landfill +4 more
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Effects of using Tamarindus indica Seeds as a natural coagulant aid in landfill leachate treatment

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Hamidi Abdul Aziz et al. View all

Issue 2

Solid Waste Management

Uncontrolled landfill leachate generation portends danger to the environment and aquatic ecosystem, especially without prior treatment before discharge. The application of Al-based coagulants, such as polyaluminum chloride (PACl), has the potential of introducing Al residuals into water bodies...

Tamarindus indica PAC1 +3 more
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Influence of city municipal waste disposal on groundwater quality and assessment of groundwater suitability in agriculture

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Jeykumar R.K. C. et al. View all

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Environmental Sciences

This study focuses on the impact of the disposal of Tirunelveli city municipal waste in the quality of groundwater in Ramayanpatti village where the waste is disposed; the study also assesses the quality of the groundwater suitability in irrigation in the disposed region. Tirunelveli city generates...

sewage Solid waste +4 more
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Anaerobic two stage degradation pattern of fermentable components of municipal solid waste

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Shwetmala K et al. View all

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Solid Waste Management

With increased contribution of household and kitchen wastes in overall MSW and its preferred conversion by biomethanation there is a need to study decomposition rates and kinetics, ‘leachate potential’ and related issues– especially to promote decentralized treatment. Anaerobic digestion...

Fermentables biological methane potential +2 more
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Simultaneous removal of COD and color from municipal landfill leachate using Ozone/Zinc Sulphate oxidation process

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Hamidi Abdul Aziz et al. View all

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Solid Waste Management

Municipal landfill leachate generated from aged sites requires an efficient treatment to minimize the high level of refractory organic matters prior to final discharge. In the current study, the performance of combined ozonation and Zinc sulfate (ZnSO4) for anaerobic stabilized leachate treatment...

Ozonation Zinc sulfate +3 more
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Appraisal of seasonal variation of groundwater quality near an uncontrolled municipal solid waste landfill in Kolkata, India

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Sushmita De et al. View all

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Air pollution and health

The present study was aimed to evaluate the impact of leachate derived from uncontrolled municipal landfill on surrounding groundwater quality in Kolkata, India. Seasonal variation of twenty physico-chemical parameters in pre-monsoon (PRM) and post-monsoon (POM) season were analysed in forty...

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Removal of COD, BOD and Color from Municipal Solid Waste Leachate using Silica and Iron nano particles - A Comparative Study

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Dr. S. Shanthakumar et al. View all

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Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Application of nano particle in the treatment of municipal solid waste leachate is of recent interest. In this paper, the effectiveness of silica nano particles synthesized from blast furnace slag and iron nano particle synthesized from chemicals was studied for the removal of organic pollutants and...

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Factorial design and optimization of leachate treatment using persulfate oxidation

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Dr.Salem S. Abu Amr et al. View all

Issue 4

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The current study aimed to evaluate the performance of sodium persulfate to treat stabilized landfill leachate. Factorial design with response surface methodology (RSM) was used to evaluate the interaction between operational conditions, such as persulfate dosage, pH, and reaction time, to obtain...

landfill leachate Persulfate +2 more
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Characterization of odours emitted by liquid waste treatment plants (LWTPs)

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Tiziano Zarra (tzarra@unisa.it) et al. View all

Issue 4

Air pollution and health

Odour emissions from liquid waste treatment plants (LWTPs) generally cause significant effects on the environment in terms of nuisance to exposed population. The particular and complex nature of the mixture of the volatile substances, its variability in time and the strong influence of the...

dynamic olfactometry EWC +4 more
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Efficient degradation of dibutyl phthalate and utilization of Phthalic Acid Esters (PAEs) by Acinetobacter species isolated from MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) leachate

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Maitra S.S. et al. View all

Issue 4

Solid Waste Management

Bacteria from the genus Acinetobacter are opportunistic pathogens and cause harm to humans. In this study a new bacterial strain designated as Acinetobacter sp. 33F was isolated from municipal solid waste (MSW) leachate. This bacterium is useful as it degrades and utilizes dibutyl phthalate (DBP) as...

Efficient DBP degradation growth kinetics +2 more
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Molecular weight distribution of pollutants in leachate from full scale landfill site

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Fatma Busra Yaman et al. View all

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The main objective of this study was to investigate the differences between the main pollutants in young and intermediate age landfill leachate in terms of molecular weight distribution (MWD). Parameters of chemical oxygen demand (COD), five day - biochemical oxygen demand (BOD 5), ultraviolet...

Leachate age Landfill +1 more
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Zeolite and Activated Carbon Combined with Biological Treatment for Metals Removal from Mixtures of Landfill Leachate and Domestic Wastewater

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Amin Mojiri et al. View all

Issue 4

Solid Waste Management

Current study was carried out to investigate the heavy metals removal from landfill leachate and urban wastewater by powdered activated carbon and powdered zeolite augmented SBR technique. The research was carried out in six 2000 mL breakers (working size was 1200 ml). The reactors were parted into...

Activated carbon Heavy metals +3 more
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Measuring 81 characterization parameters from different tropical landfill leachates and potential treatment techniques

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Dr SHUOKR QARANI AZIZ et al. View all

Issue 3

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Raw municipal landfill leachate is extremely polluted wastewater and it regards as one of the drawbacks of the sanitary landfill treatment method. If the untreated landfill leachate is discharged to the natural environment, a great problem for the environment can be created, particularly for the...

MSW landfill leachate +4 more
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