Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Southampton
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Article title
Biodegradation and flushing of MBT wastes
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Waste Management
Article number
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Volume number
33
Issue number
11
First page of article
2257
ISSN of journal
0956-053X
Year of publication
2013
Number of additional authors
2
Additional information
Significance of output:
European law requires biodegradable municipal solid wastes to be treated prior to disposal into a landfill, to reduce the potential for fugitive greenhouse gas emissions. The research investigated the residual gassing and pollution potential of such treated wastes, by means of controlled tests in a laboratory bioreactor over a period of up to a year. Residual gas potentials of 10-25% of that for untreated waste may militate against the installation of gas collection wells on economic grounds, potentially leading to an increase in fugitive emissions rather than the decrease the legislation was designed to achieve.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
5 - Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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