LCA comparison of windrow composting of yard wastes with use as alternative daily cover (ADC)

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2649-2656

  van Haaren, Rob ^a   Themelis, Nickolas J ^b   Barlaz, Morton ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University ^*  (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE DAILY COVERS; GAS COLLECTION SYSTEMS; LANDFILLING; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; SANITARY LANDFILL; YARD WASTES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND FILL; LIFE CYCLE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTES;

WASTE TREATMENT;

COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ALTERNATIVE DAILY COVER; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WINDROW COMPOSTING;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 77957663725     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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