Detailed internal characterisation of two Finnish landfills by waste sampling

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-163

  Sormunen, Kai ^a   Ettala, Matti ^b   Rintala, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Matti Ettala Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL METHANE POTENTIAL (BMP); VOLATILE SOLIDS (VS);

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; METHANE; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LAND FILL;

AMMONIUM NITROGEN; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LAND FILL; METHANE; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LANDFILL; LEACHING; SAMPLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL WASTE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINLAND; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS;

ESPOO; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAHTI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 35548944982     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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