Chemical properties and biodegradability of waste paper mill sludges to be used for landfill covering

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 538-546

  Zule, Janja ^a   Černec, Franc ^a   Likon, Marko ^b  

^a Pulp and Paper Institute Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

^b Landfill Company Komunala Cerknica   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Greenhouse gases; Landfill closing; Leachability Properties; Paper mill sludge; Volatile organic acids; Wmr 1093 9

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; DEINKING; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC ACIDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE PAPER;

MICROBIOLOGICAL STABILITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC ACIDS; WASTE PAPER MILL SLUDGE;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROPIONIC ACID; STARCH; VOLATILE AGENT;

BIODEGRADABILITY; DEINKING; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC ACIDS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE PAPER;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; LEACHING; SLUDGE; WASTEPAPER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PAPER INDUSTRY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SLOVENIA; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHANE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PAPER; SLOVENIA; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIODEGRADABILITY; DEINKING; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; ORGANIC ACIDS; PAPER MILLS; SLUDGE; WASTE PAPERS;

EID: 36949000463     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07079188     Document Type: Article

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