The Impact of Household Hazardous Wastes on Landfill Leachates.

Abstract

Protective measures have been enacted to mitigate the deleterious effects of landfill leachate on ground and surface waters. One such measure has been to remove items classified as Household Hazardous Wastes from the solid waste stream prior to landfill disposal. Even though the alternative methods of disposal may be very costly, no effort has been made to assess the impact of Household Hazardous Wastes on landfill leachates and, subsequently, on receiving waters. Therefore, a model is needed to assess this impact accurately and determine which, indeed if any, items should be removed from the solid waste stream prior to landfill disposal. The model proposed to assess the impact of Household Hazardous Wastes is developed in two steps.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA195345

Entities

People

  • Duane P. Gapinski

Organizations

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Alkanes
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Environment
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Environmental Protection
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Ion Exchange
  • Liquids
  • Literature Surveys
  • New York
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Solid Waste
  • Toxicity
  • Waste Disposal Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.