The effect of storage and mechanical pretreatment on the biological stability of municipal solid wastes

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-445

  Ponsá, Sergio ^a   Gea, Teresa ^a   Sánchez, Antoni ^a  

^a Escola d'Enginyeria Bellaterra   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL STABILITY; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WASTE TREATMENT PLANT; CONCENTRATION OF; DYNAMIC RESPIRATION INDEX; MECHANICAL PRE-TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATTER; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRE-TREATMENT; RECYCLABLE MATERIAL;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASTICS PLANTS; SEPARATION; STABILIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

GLASS; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RESPIRATION; STABILIZATION; STORAGE; TESTING METHOD; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; RECYCLING; RESPIROMETRY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; STORAGE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 73549096186     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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