Options for the Treatment and Management of Municipal Landfill Leachate: Common and Specific Issues

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1101-1110

  Schiopu, Ana Maria ^a   Gavrilescu, Maria ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Impact; Leachate; Municipal solid waste; Treatment process; Waste landfill

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 78650233429     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200900184     Document Type: Review

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