Landfills and recycling centers : processing systems, impact on the environment and adverse health effects / Carla H. Jackson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Carla H., editor.

Series:

Environmental Remediation Technologies, Regulations and Safety

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sanitary landfills--Environmental aspects.

Sanitary landfills.

Sanitary landfills--Health aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Landfills have been targeted by geophysical methods in order to investigate their environmental impacts. In fact, landfills have been the classic way to deposit domestic and industrial waste and have generated a large range of negative environmental impacts in groundwater and soils. These problems often persist even after the effective use of the landfills and subsequent recovery processes. Owing to their characteristics, landfills are difficult to access and because of the general lack of accurate information regarding the shape, nature of the refuse, history and development of the landfill,

Contents:

""LANDFILLS AND RECYCLING CENTERS: PROCESSING SYSTEMS, IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS""; ""LANDFILLS AND RECYCLING CENTERS: PROCESSING SYSTEMS, IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Long-Term Perturbations in the Soils, Waters and Plant Communities of Two Closed Landfills Under a Dry-Mediterranean Climate""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. General Impacts of Landfills in the Mediterranean Area""; ""2.1. Study Scenarios""

""2.2. Methodological Aspects of the Study""""3. Objectives""; ""4. Material and Methods""; ""4.1. Study Sites""; ""4.2. Soil Sampling and Analysis""; ""4.3. Water Sampling and Analysis""; ""4.4. Data Analysis""; ""4.5. Plant Communities""; ""5. Results and Discussion""; ""5.1. Comparing the Chemical Properties of Surface Waters""; ""Around the Household Waste Landfills""; ""5.2. Analyzing the Soils in Landfill Discharge Zones in the First and Second Decades after Their Initial Sealing""; ""5.3. Plant Community Ecotoxicology""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""

""Chapter 3: Municipal Landfill Leachates: Water Contaminants or Source of Nutrients in Agricultural Soils?""""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Characteristics of Leachates from Municipal Waste Landfills""; ""2.1. Leachate Production""; ""2.2. Leachate Composition""; ""3. Landfill Leachate Motion in Soil""; ""3.1. Interaction between Soil and Contaminant""; ""3.2. Factors Affecting Pollutants Dispersion in Soil""; ""4. Landfill Leachates As Nutrient Source in Agriculture""; ""5. Monitoring the Risks of Landfill Leachates Use in Agricultural Soils""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""

""Chapter 4: Integrated Technologies Based on the Use of Activated Carbon and Radiation to Remove Contaminants Present in Landfill Leachates""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63463-824-7

OCLC:

904249356