Title
Sustainable Disposal Of Municipal Solid Waste: Post Bioreactor Landfill Polishing
Abstract
Sustainable disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) requires assurance that contaminant release will be minimized or prevented within a reasonable time frame before the landfill is abandoned so that the risk of contamination release is not passed to future generations. This could be accomplished through waste acceptance criteria such as those established by the European Union (EU) that prohibit land disposal of untreated organic matter. In the EU, mechanical, biological and/or thermal pretreatment of MSW is therefore necessary prior to landfilling which is complicated and costly. In other parts of the world, treatment within highly engineered landfills is under development, known as bioreactor landfills. However, the completed bioreactor landfill still contains material, largely nonbiodegradable carbon and ammonia that may be released to the environment over the long-term. This paper provides a conceptual analysis of an approach to ensure landfill sustainability by the rapid removal of these remaining materials, leachate treatment and recirculation combined with aeration. The analysis in this paper includes a preliminary experimental evaluation using real mature leachate and waste samples, a modeling effort using a simplified mass balance approach and input parameters from real typical bioreactor cases, and a cost estimate for the suggested treatment method. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Publication Date
11-1-2010
Publication Title
Waste Management
Volume
30
Issue
11
Number of Pages
2170-2176
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2010.06.015
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
77957753548 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77957753548
STARS Citation
Batarseh, Eyad S.; Reinhart, Debra R.; and Berge, Nicole D., "Sustainable Disposal Of Municipal Solid Waste: Post Bioreactor Landfill Polishing" (2010). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 60.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/60