The increasing amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a growing challenge that current waste-treatment practices are having to face. Therefore, technologies can prevent from ending up in landfill sites have come the fore. One produces valuable product waste, namely synthesis gas, gasification. raw material this technology so-called Refuse-Derived Fuel, which made MSW. Three separate zones loc...

The large number of municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills and the many hazardous materials which they contain pose a serious threat to both surrounding environment and human populations. Once waste is deposited at the landfill, pollution can arise from the percolation of leachate to the porous ground surface. Contamination of groundwater by such leachate renders it and the associated aquifer un...

Determination of the endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in leachate and groundwater samples from the landfill sites is very important because of the proven harmful effects of these compounds on human and animal organisms. A method combining ultrasound-assisted emulsification microextraction (USAEME) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was developed for simultaneous determination...

This study compares, from an environmental point of view, different alternative scenaria for the management of municipal solid waste generated in a city of 1.000.000 citizens. Three integrated solid waste management scenaria are developed. Each of these alternatives includes the recycling of part of the recyclable MSW at the source, the collection of MSW in bins, the gathering of MSW from bins,...

State laws mandate the recycling of municipal solid waste (MSW) across most of the United States. In order to comply, municipalities recycle quotas of materials, generally without regard to fluctuating prices. An inventory system is proposed that allows municipalities to be sensitive to materials prices as they recycle in accordance with state mandates. A dynamic model is developed that uses hi...

The triaxial test results of municipal solid waste (MSW) with different fibrous content show that reinforcement materials is the key factor affecting mechanical properties MSW. Thus, MSW regarded as a composite (plastic +textiles) and paste (i.e., any other non-fibrous materials). Under load, its behavior determined by two listed previously. This study introduces notion fibrous-reinforced param...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills near a metropolitan area are renewable energy resources to produce heat and methane that can generate electricity. However, it is difficult use those sources productively because disposed MSW in spatially temporally heterogeneous. Regarding the prediction of sources, analysis situ properties an alternative way reduce uncertainty understand complex processes...

In most countries, sanitary landfilling is nowadays the most common way to eliminate municipal solid wastes (MSW). In spite of many advantages, generation of heavily polluted leachates, presenting significant variations in both volumetric flow and chemical composition, constitutes a major drawback. Year after year, the recognition of landfill leachate impact on environment has forced authoritie...

Previous greenhouse gas studies comparing landfilling with combustion of municipal solid waste (MSW) are limited to examinations of the emissions weighted by their relative radiative activity. This paper adds another dimension by analyzing the atmospheric response to these emissions. The heart of the analysis is a time-dependent model using a perturbation analysis of the IS92a results of the In...