Mercury in a municipal solid waste landfill

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-312

  Earle, Celia D A ^a   Rhue, R Dean ^a   Earle, Jonathan F K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Compost; Heavy metals; Landfill reclamation; Mercury; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES (MSW); YARD WASTES;

COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND RECLAMATION; LANDFILL LININGS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MERCURY (METAL); SOLID WASTES;

LAND FILL;

ARSENIC; LEAD; MERCURY;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDFILL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032781844     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3070.1999.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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