Sustainable Solid Waste Management through Landscaped Landfills

‘ Bioreactor Landfills ’ – a Global Vista on the Emerging Technology for Sustainable Management of Municipal Solid Waste

To use land as a repository for materials that can be assimilated without adverse impacts on the environment has been the fervour of landfill managers all around the globe. While it is inevitable that a landfill will receive an assorted range of materials from municipal sources pretreatment and processing of the waste dumped has been constantly looked upon as a commendable option. Operating lan...

Hazardous Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

Sustainable solid waste management: An appraisal of institutional limitations

This study investigates the underlying factors elucidating why solid waste management in Eldoret Town, Kenya, has up to now remained inadequate notwithstanding the existing legal framework that mandates the County Government of Uasin Gishu to ensure that all residents have access to a clean and healthy environment. The study adopted a descriptive research design. While, primary data were collec...

Heat Generation in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

This study was conducted to investigate thermal aspects of municipal solid waste landfills as a function of operational conditions and climatic region. Spatial and temporal distributions of waste temperatures were determined at four landfills located in North America �Michigan, New Mexico, Alaska, and British Columbia�. Temperatures of wastes at shallow depths �extending to 6 to 8 m depth� and ...

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Harbor Distinct Microbiomes

Landfills are the final repository for most of the discarded material from human society and its "built environments." Microorganisms subsequently degrade this discarded material in the landfill, releasing gases (largely CH4 and CO2) and a complex mixture of soluble chemical compounds in leachate. Characterization of "landfill microbiomes" and their comparison across several landfills should al...