Heavy Metals Content of the Grassland Soil around Katima Mulilo Municipal Solid Wastes Dumpsite, Namibia

Composting of Municipal Solid Wastes

The generation of municipal solid waste is increasing year by year and there are many options for handling and disposing of these wastes. Currently in United States land disposal is the most common practice to deal with municipal solid wastes. The evolution of waste generation, and increase in population suggest composting as a future alternative. Since municipal solid waste comprises of a high...

Water quality assessment for groundwater around a municipal waste dumpsite

The dataset for this article contains geostatistical analysis of the level to which groundwater quality around a municipal waste dumpsite located in Oke-Afa, Oshodi/Isolo area of Lagos state, southwestern has been compromised for drinking. Groundwater samples were collected from eight hand-dug wells and two borehole wells around or near the dumpsite. The pH, turbidity, salinity, conductivity, t...

An ethnobotanical survey of plants used to manage HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Katima Mulilo, Caprivi region, Namibia

Katima Mulilo has the highest burden of HIV/AIDS in Namibia. Due to several constraints of the antiretroviral therapy programme, HIV-infected persons still use ethnomedicines to manage AIDS-related opportunistic infections. Despite the reliance on plants to manage HIV/AIDS in Katima Mulilo, there have been no empirical studies to document the specific plant species used by traditional healers t...

Biogasifica Tion of Municipal Solid Wastes

This is a rather interesting and ingenious experi­ mental laboratory approach to handling the organic fraction of municipal solid waste. Since this organic fraction is the portion that is putrescible, it presents a special disposal problem. Once segregated, it might be usefully disposed in the manner sug­ gested. However, much separation and preparation are required to obtain the organic fracti...

On the Fate of Heavy Metals in Municipal Solid Waste Combustion Part I: Devolatilisation of Heavy Metals on the Grate