Influence of biological pre-treatment of municipal solid waste on landfill behaviour in Sri Lanka

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 456-462

  Gunawardana, Egodaha G W ^a   Basnayake, Benedict F A ^a   Shimada, Sohei ^b   Iwata, Tomoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

And settlement; Biological pre treatment; Landfill; Leachate; Lysimeter; Municipal solid waste (MSW); Pre treated waste; Untreated waste; Wmr 1330 6

Indexed keywords

AND SETTLEMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRE-TREATMENT; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); PRE-TREATED WASTE; UNTREATED WASTE; WMR 1330-6;

HEALTH RISKS; LEACHING; LYSIMETERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL SURVEYS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

RAIN;

COMPOSTING; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; LYSIMETER; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LYSIMETRY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SRI LANKA;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CITIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SRI LANKA; TIME FACTORS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 68349122481     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X08095565     Document Type: Article

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