Landfill selection in an urban area is a critical issue in the urban planning process because of its enormous impact on the economy, ecology and the environmental health of the region. With the growth of urbanization as well as the desire to live in cities, lager amount of wastes are produced and unfortunately the problem gets bigger everyday. With the development of Geographic Information Syst...

SUMMARY: Landfills containing organic matter pose an environmental risk for many decades. This is also the case for the landfill Heferlbach, which has been filled until 1974 with more than 200,000 tons of waste. Since no liners have been installed at this site, landfill gas generation represents a potential hazard to the surrounding environment. In particular, the risk for methane migration int...

SUMMARY: The aim of this study is to apply the United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 (UNFC-2009) to a landfill-mining project to identify the landfilled materials as potential anthropogenic 'reserves' or 'resources', and to reveal critical factors for the classification of the project. Based on data from a landfill-mining project in Be...

Abstract Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and ground magnetic surveys were applied to characterize an old uncontrolled landfill in a former exploited sand gravel quarry area the north-west of city Cologne, Germany. The total field its vertical gradient recorded using proton precession magnetometer cover about 43,250 m 2 . data transferred frequency domain then reduced north pole. amplitu...

Hazardous wastes include numerous kinds of discarded chemicals and other wastes generated from industrial, commercial, and institutional activities. These types of waste present immediate or long-term risks to humans, animals, plants, or the environment and therefore require special handling for safe disposal. Landfills that can accept hazardous wastes are excavated or engineered sites where th...

In this study the concept of biofilm accumulation in the sand column was promoted to assess the changes in hydraulic conductivity and concentration of organic contaminants of the synthetic leachate. Four different combinations of column study were carried out using synthetic leachate as a substrate solution. Mixed and stratified mode of experiments with two different sizes (0.3 mm and 0.6 mm) o...

Rapid urbanization of Dhaka city has created immense pressure on its urban services including solid waste disposal. Both city corporations (Dhaka North, DNCC and Dhaka South, DSCC) have been facing tremendous problem to maintain sustainable waste management over the last few decades. At present, the DNCC and DSCC dump 68% of the total solid waste to the sanitary landfill site at Matuail. Decomp...

Environmental protection is one of the most priorities in Land use planning. In this regard, place and location have the greatest role and its importance is increasing when the adverse effects of environmental neglect, can cause irreversible situation. Selection a suitable location for the burial of solid waste can prevent the unfavourable ecological and socio – economic effects. Landfill site ...