Search for dissertations about: "landfill location"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words landfill location.
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1. Development and Evaluation of a Filter-Bed-Based System for Full-Scale Treatment of Industrial Landfill Leachate
Abstract : It is well known that nature offers an abundance of materials and processes that can be adapted in low-tech fashion, to fabricate systems capable of removing pollutants from wastewater. During the last decade, extensive basic and engineering research on such natural treatment systems have led to improvement of the quality of discharged wastewaters. READ MORE
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2. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in a river ecosystem
Abstract : Atmospheric deposition is one source of persistent pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in aquatic environments. Other point sources can also contribute to the PCB loadings in the water. READ MORE
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3. Urban waste management and the environmental impact of organic waste treatment systems in Kampala, Uganda
Abstract : In Kampala, Uganda, about 28,000 tonnes of waste are collected and delivered to landfill every month. Kampala Capital City Authority records show that this represents approximately 40 % of the waste generated in the city. READ MORE
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4. Why don’t we mine the landfills?
Abstract : There are many reasons to mine landfills. For example, metals are increasingly shifting location from the Earth’s crust through human society into landfills. READ MORE
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5. On leachate emissions from municipal solid waste
Abstract : When attention is drawn to the recovery of resources within waste, the amount and types of waste disposed of at landfills change. A waste management system based on separate kerbside collection, sorting, recycling, and pretreatment with material and/or energy recovery produces new residues, which finally end up at landfills. READ MORE