Municipal solid waste landfilling and treatment of resulting liquid effluents

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 993-1019

  Schiopu, Ana Maria ^a   Gavrilescu, Maria ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Leachate; Municipal solid waste; Treatment process; Waste landfill

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956978175     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2010.133     Document Type: Article

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