Lewin, K.; Turrell, J.; Godley, A.; Frederickson, J.; Blakey, N. and Gronow, J.
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Abstract
Good quality waste characterisation data are fundamental to strategies to manage environmental challenges, yet the UK dataset for the new generation of treated wastes was poor. A three-year project funded by Defra, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, aimed to fill some of the gaps in understanding the characteristics of residues from the treatment of municipal solid waste and industrial process wastes. The project has demonstrated the benefits of following a consistent sampling plan approach. It has generated a public domain characterisation database on composition, leaching behaviour and biodegradability for a diverse set of wastes, including kappa values (a way of defining the decreasing source term of a non-volatile contaminant) for a range of contaminants for landfill modelling. The project has also highlighted more questions that require further research e.g. in relation to the impact of application of partially stabilised wastes to land, leachability of organic materials and the longer-term monitoring of emissions and waste characteristics from organic waste treatment plant.
| Item Type: | Conference Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2009 CISA, Environmental Sanitary Engineering Centre, Italy |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Communication and Systems |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD) |
| Item ID: | 26446 |
| Depositing User: | Donna Deacon |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2011 10:04 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2012 20:04 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/26446 |
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