Mitigation of Landfill Gas Emissions

Mitigation of Landfill Gas Emissions

by Malgorzata Pawlowska
Released April 2014
Publisher(s): CRC Press
ISBN: 9781315755335

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Book description

Landfilling has been and still remains an important means of municipal solid waste management but it poses a threat to the purity of the environment, especially air. In the coming years, a radical decline in the share of landfilling in waste disposal practices should not be expected. However, this is not to say that people are powerless in the face of the emission of harmful gases into the atmosphere, the spread of bioaerosols and odors. There are many ways of preventing the negative impact of landfills or protecting the environment against such an impact.

Some of these preventive and protective measures are described in Mitigation of Landfill Gas Emissions. Special attention is given to the application of anaerobic, aerobic and semi-aerobic bioreactor landfills for control of landfill gas emission. Different types of biotic systems for the oxidation of methane and trace gases, such as biocovers, biofilters, and biowindows, are also presented.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Table of contents
  3. Preface
  4. About the author
  5. Abbreviations and symbol
  6. 1. Landfilling of municipal solid waste in global perspective (1/3)
  7. 1. Landfilling of municipal solid waste in global perspective (2/3)
  8. 1. Landfilling of municipal solid waste in global perspective (3/3)
  9. 2. Characteristics of landfill gas (1/4)
  10. 2. Characteristics of landfill gas (2/4)
  11. 2. Characteristics of landfill gas (3/4)
  12. 2. Characteristics of landfill gas (4/4)
  13. 3. Increasing landfill gas production and recovery (1/3)
  14. 3. Increasing landfill gas production and recovery (2/3)
  15. 3. Increasing landfill gas production and recovery (3/3)
  16. 4. Attenuation of greenhouse gas emissions via landfill aeration (1/3)
  17. 4. Attenuation of greenhouse gas emissions via landfill aeration (2/3)
  18. 4. Attenuation of greenhouse gas emissions via landfill aeration (3/3)
  19. 5. Biological oxidation as a method for mitigation of LFG emission (1/9)
  20. 5. Biological oxidation as a method for mitigation of LFG emission (2/9)
  21. 5. Biological oxidation as a method for mitigation of LFG emission (3/9)
  22. 5. Biological oxidation as a method for mitigation of LFG emission (4/9)
  23. 5. Biological oxidation as a method for mitigation of LFG emission (5/9)
  24. 5. Biological oxidation as a method for mitigation of LFG emission (6/9)
  25. 5. Biological oxidation as a method for mitigation of LFG emission (7/9)
  26. 5. Biological oxidation as a method for mitigation of LFG emission (8/9)
  27. 5. Biological oxidation as a method for mitigation of LFG emission (9/9)

Product information

  • Title: Mitigation of Landfill Gas Emissions
  • Author(s): Malgorzata Pawlowska
  • Release date: April 2014
  • Publisher(s): CRC Press
  • ISBN: 9781315755335