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284 11 The Disposal of Municipal Solid Wastes governmental organizations, for example, the EU, now limit the amount of biodegrad ...

11.3 Nature of Municipal Solid Wastes 285 conserves resources for our children’s future, and reduces the need for new landfills ...

286 11 The Disposal of Municipal Solid Wastes generation is Waste-to-Energy (WtE) or Energy- from-Waste (EfW) activity. When MSW ...

11.3 Nature of Municipal Solid Wastes 287 tion that subdivides the gas stream in order to boost separation efficiency. Controlle ...

288 11 The Disposal of Municipal Solid Wastes remnants, dusts, and toxic gases into environ- ment. Regained metals return to met ...

11.3 Nature of Municipal Solid Wastes 289 are not due to combustion of the wood itself, but rather of the gases released by its ...

290 11 The Disposal of Municipal Solid Wastes which may contain any of the elements that were originally present in the waste. M ...

11.3 Nature of Municipal Solid Wastes 291 Compost Processing Conditions Processing methods are chosen to enhance the rapid decom ...

292 11 The Disposal of Municipal Solid Wastes When the curing stage is complete, the compost is considered “stabilized” or “matu ...

11.3 Nature of Municipal Solid Wastes 293 with a daily covering of compacted soil over the day’s trash and a bottom liner of cla ...

294 11 The Disposal of Municipal Solid Wastes landfill (C); leachate collection system (D); ground water protection base (E); mo ...

11.3 Nature of Municipal Solid Wastes 295 barrier against rainwater infiltration; it also keeps out gas (and hence odors) and ve ...

296 11 The Disposal of Municipal Solid Wastes Filtering (geotextile) system A blanket of nonwoven geotextile fabric, composed o ...

11.3 Nature of Municipal Solid Wastes 297 others, the items taken to a landfill would have passed through other activities (see ...

298 11 The Disposal of Municipal Solid Wastes boundaries as gas leakages have been known to cause explosions around landfills. ( ...

11.4 Anaerobic Breakdown of Organic Matter in Landfills (and Aquatic Sediments) 299 kandleri. Examples of the coccoid methanogen ...

300 11 The Disposal of Municipal Solid Wastes greenhouse gas and has 25 times more heat trapping potential than carbon dioxide ( ...

11.5 Options for Municipal Solid Wastes Management 301 decomposition. Moisture may also promote chemi- cal reactions that produc ...

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References 303 Anonymous (2010j). Ecology labs. http://cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/ environmental/waterpollution.htm. Accessed 4 ...