A performance-based system for the long-term management of municipal waste landfills

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-662

  Morris, Jeremy W F ^a   Barlaz, Morton A ^b  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARE ACTIVITIES; CRITICAL COMPONENT; GAS MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; HUMAN HEALTH; LEACHATES; LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTE; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SURVEILLANCE MONITORING; TARGET VALUES;

GROUNDWATER; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

REFUSE DISPOSAL;

GROUND WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CUSTODY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GAS WASTE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANDFILL; LEACHING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POST CLOSURE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 79951552811     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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