Field investigation of the quality of fresh and aged leachates from selected landfills receiving e-waste in an arid climate

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2292-2304

  Kiddee, Peeranart ^a,b   Naidu, Ravi ^a,b   Wong, Ming H ^c   Hearn, Laurence ^d   Muller, Jochen F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

E waste; Groundwater; Heavy metals and metalloids; Landfill; Leachate; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POTABLE WATER; SURVEYS; WASTES;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; LEACHATES; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; METALS AND METALLOIDS; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; VANADIUM; ZINC; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARID REGION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PBDE; SOLUTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARID CLIMATE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

DESERT CLIMATE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84907711421     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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