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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"sanitary landfills"”.
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Distribution and physical parameters of solid waste disposal sites in Southwestern Virginia and the nature of leachate emissions
… the disposal of the waste at the various dumps, landfills, and sanitary landfills. The largest number of disposal sites were operated as dumps (62%), while only 14% of the sites qualified as sanitary landfills. The dump type of operation was characterized by: erosion, odor, leachate, minimum …
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Heavy Metal Concentrations in Stream Sediments Adjacent to the Greenfield Sanitary Landfill, Dade County, Missouri
… county and township governments to operate sanitary landfills. According to records provided by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) the Greenfield Sanitary Landfill located in Dade County, Missouri was opened in early 1968 and closed in April of 1973. Many substances placed …
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Facultative Bioreactor Landfill: An Environmental and Geotechnical Study
… as bioreactor landfill technology. Bioreactor landfills are sanitary landfills that use microbiological processes purposefully to transform and stabilize the biodegradable organic waste constituents in a shorter period of time. One of the most popular types of bioreactor landfills is the …
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Applied geology in the Beulah-Hazen area, Mercer County, west-central North Dakota
… a hazard map and three suitability maps for sanitary landfills, septic tank systems, and general construction. A map showing buried valleys, diversion trenches, and meltwater channels was also compiled at a scale of 1:63, 000.</p> <p>The Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) is the only …
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The effect of sewage sludge co-disposal and leachate recycling on refuse stabilization
In the past sanitary landfill sites for solid waste disposal were regarded simply as containment sites so that the waste contents were isolated from the population. Various degrees of effort were made to reduce the impact of the waste in and around the site - in some cases none in other cases …
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Integrated electronic waste management in Mexico : law, technology and public policy
… be diverted from the waste stream reaching the sanitary landfills and in some instances incineration facilities, to reduce public exposure to these toxic substances and avoid the public health burdens they represent. What is the dimension of this problem in Mexico? Mexico has generated at least …
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An Example of Regional Intergovernmental Solid Waste Planning
Ten years ago there were 15,000 landfills in the nation; today there are just over 5,000. Many of these landfills reached capacity well before expectations as a result of national increases in solid waste generation rates. In 1990 every person disposed of approximately 4.35 pounds of trash a day, …
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Enhancing the evaluation process of sustainability related criteria in Malaysia landfill site selection
… Management in Malaysia, out of 161 operating landfills, there are only 16 sanitary landfills, which means more than half of the landfills are posing serious effects to the environment and public health. The selection of a landfill site is often a disturbing issue where imprudent selection may …
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Hydrogeology of the Hillsboro landfill, Hillsboro, North Dakota
<p> Landfills are the primary means for land disposal of solid wastes, and as such, they represent potential sources of groundwater contamination. This potential for contamination is exemplified by the Hillsboro landfill, which was emplaced above the Hillsboro aquifer, within permeable surface …
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Hydrogeology of a sanitary landfill, Mandan, North Dakota
… north and steep valley wall on the south. The sanitary landfill bas been used for over 20 years. </p><p> The only pre-Pleistocene unit exposed is the Cannonball Formation, which is interbedded sand, silt, and clay. Quaternary units consist of till, fluvial sand, silt, clay, and gravel, and …
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Hydrogeologic assessment of three solid waste disposal sites in the Brazos River alluvial deposits.
… over a period of years from dumps and unlined landfills to clay lined landfills. The presence of the solid waste disposal sites creates a pollution potential for the shallow aquifer. Therefore, an assessment of the pollution in three sites representative of three different disposal methods was …
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Characterizing and modeling the hydrologic properties of coal combustion by-products in landfills
… byproducts (CCBs) disposed of in unlined landfills can impact the quality of adjacent water resources. In previous studies, CCBs have been found to leach toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury, and lead into groundwater. CCBs include fly ash, bottom ash, and flue gas desulfurization …
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End-of-life in South African product life cycle assessment
… in South Africa range from well-managed sanitary landfills to open dumps. Considering only licensed landfill facilities, it is estimated that large and medium landfill sites accept the majority of South Africa’s general waste (54% and 31% respectively), while the balance is managed in …
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The Hydrogeology of a Landfill Located in Fine-Grained Lacustrine Sediments in a Saline Discharge Area West of Grand Forks, North Dakota
<p>The Grand Forks Municipal Landfill, located in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota, accepts household refuse from the city of Grand Forks and from surrounding rural communities including several towns in northwestern Minnesota. The landfill occupies 160 acres (64.8 hectars) and another …