The potential for aeration of MSW landfills to accelerate completion

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1039-1048

  Rich, Charlotte ^a   Gronow, Jan ^a   Voulvoulis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; METHANE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE AERATION; STABILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACCELERATE COMPLETION; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; MSW LANDFILLS;

LAND FILL;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HEALTH CARE; LAND FILL; METHANE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE AERATION; STABILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AERATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AERATION; AIR; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AEROBIOSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GREAT BRITAIN; OXYGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40849092600     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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