Uncontrolled growth of the urban population in developing countries in recent years has made solid waste management an important issue. Very often, a substantial amount of total expenditures is spent on the collection of solid waste by city authorities. Optimization of the routing system for collection and transport of solid waste thus constitutes an important component of an effective solid wa...

Long term methane emissions from landfill sites are often predicted by first-order decay (FOD) models, in which the default coefficients of the methane generation potential and the methane generation rate given by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are usually used. However, previous studies have demonstrated the large uncertainty in these coefficients because they are derived...

We report the draft genome sequence of Pandoraea sp. strain E26 isolated from a former landfill site, sequenced by the Illumina MiSeq platform. This genome sequence will be useful to further understand the quorum-sensing system of this isolate.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between exposure to a landfill site closed 6 years previously and respiratory symptoms in children aged up to 13 years. METHOD This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Várzea Paulista, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. One adult in every household in a neighborhood close to the landfill and from a randomized sample of households in another neigh...

(2011) " Post-closure care completion at MSW landfills and residual risks " , In: Proceedings 4th International Workshop " Hydro-physico-mechanics of landfills (HPM4) " , SUMMARY: In this work we present a modelling approach to evaluate residual environmental risks in view of different post-closure management strategies. Potential emission rates of a landfill are estimated based on different sc...

In developing countries land-filling is the most common form of waste management that is practiced. Landfills are known to be anthropogenic sources of air pollutants that have a negative impact on both environmental and human health. People who work on landfill sites are particularly at risk of adverse health effects associated with the inhalation of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), such as vol...

Solidification of petroleum-based tar material with capping was selected as the closure methodology for a former nonhazardous industrial waste landfill in the Eastern United States. While more expensive in the short term, this closure approach met the major long-term goals of the customer (site owner): rapid exit strategy, salability, and reduced long term monitoring. Value engineering changes ...