Composition and characteristics of excavated materials from a New Jersey landfill

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 478-490

  Hull, Ross M ^a,b   Krogmann, Uta ^b   Strom, Peter F ^b  

^a NJ Dept of Environmental Protection   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landfills; New Jersey; Refuse disposal; Solid wastes; Waste management

Indexed keywords

BORING; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LAND FILL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RECYCLING;

BULK DENSITY; EXCAVATED MATERIALS; EXCAVATED WASTE FRACTIONS; WELL BORINGS;

EXCAVATION;

LANDFILL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14644423975     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:3(478)     Document Type: Article

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