Alternative approach to the elimination of greenhouse gases from old landfills

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 443-452

  Humer, M ^a,b   Lechner, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b IWGA   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Greenhouse effect; Landfill cover material; Landfill degasification; Landfill gas; Methane oxidation; Old landfills; Waste compost

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; METHANE; OXYGEN;

BIOFILTER; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; COMPOSTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUMPING; GAS WASTE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LABORATORY TEST; LANDFILL; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOIL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DEGASIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES (MSW);

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPOSTING; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOLID WASTES;

LAND FILL;

EID: 0033237189     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3070.1999.00064.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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