Methane emissions from landfills in Serbia and potential mitigation strategies: A case study

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1095-1103

  Stanisavljević, Nemanja ^a   Ubavin, Dejan ^a   Batinić, Bojan ^a   Fellner, Johann ^b   Vujić, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CH4 emissions; landfill inventory; Landfilling; mitigation strategies; Serbia; transition economy

Indexed keywords

CH4 OXIDATION; DISPOSAL SITES; LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILLING; METHANE EMISSIONS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NET REVENUE; SERBIA; SOIL COVER; TRANSITION ECONOMY; WASTE DISPOSAL SITES;

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; ECONOMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LAND FILL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; METHANE;

DECADAL VARIATION; LANDFILL; METHANE; OXIDATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; COMPOST; EUROPE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERBIA; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; METHANE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SERBIA; SOIL;

SERBIA;

EID: 84867069857     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12451867     Document Type: Article

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