Greenhouse gas emissions during MSW landfilling in China: Influence of waste characteristics and LFG treatment measures

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 510-521

  Yang, Na ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Shao, Li Ming ^b   Lü, Fan ^a   He, Pin Jing ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Research and Training Center on Rural Waste Management Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development of PR China   (China)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas emissions; Landfill gas; Mitigation measures; Municipal solid waste landfilling; Waste characteristics

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SANITATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXTRACTION; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXIDATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA;

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; LANDFILL GAS; MITIGATION MEASURES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLING; WASTE CHARACTERISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOFTWARE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84883678154     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.08.039     Document Type: Article

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