Solid Waste Landfill Engineering and Design


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Solid waste disposal has become the focus of public awareness and concern for pollution. This book provides a synthesis of existing knowledge on solid waste landfilling, focusing on solving problems with landfill gas, managing laechate and implementing environmentally secure operating procedures.




Design of Landfills and Integrated Solid Waste Management


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By combining integrated solid waste management with the traditional coverage of landfills, this new edition offers the first comprehensive guide to managing the entire solid waste cycle, from collection, to recycling, to eventual disposal. * Includes new material on source reduction, recycling, composting, contamination soil remediation, incineration, and medical waste management. * Presents up-to-date chapters on bioreactor landfills, wetland mitigation, and landfill remediation. * Offers comprehensive coverage of the role of geotechnical engineering in a wide variety of environmental issues.




An Innovative Approach to Landfill Engineering


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Thirty years in the making, this book will take you through the scientific process of advancing the landfill industry into the 21st century. The tools are here; it's time to use them.




Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation


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Solid waste management is a global concern, and landfilling remains the predominant management method in most areas of the world. This book provides a comprehensive view of state-of-the-art methods to manage landfills more sustainably, drawing upon more than two decades of research, design, and operational experiences at operating sites across the world. Sustainable landfills implement one or multiple technologies to control and enhance the degradation of waste materials to realize a multitude of potential benefits during or shortly after the landfill’s operating phase. This book presents detailed approaches in the development, design, operation, and monitoring of sustainable landfills. Case studies showcasing the benefits and challenges of sustainable landfill technologies are also provided to give the reader additional context. The intent of the book is to serve as a reference guide for regulatory personnel, a practical tool for designers and engineers to build on for site-specific applications of sustainable landfill technologies, and a comprehensive resource for researchers who are continuing to explore new and better ways to more sustainably manage waste materials.




Design, Construction, and Monitoring of Landfills


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Design, Construction, and Monitoring of Landfills A New Edition of the reference book more professionals are turning to— Like its successful first edition, this updated Second Edition of Design, Construction, and Monitoring of Landfills provides easy access to the current theory and practice of landfill engineering. Using an integrated, multidisciplinary approach, it serves as the ideal desk reference for environmental, civil, and geotechnical engineers, hydrogeologists, and others involved in hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal. This new edition features material on landfill operation, the latest advances in waste handling, and new liner and cover technologies. This book offers a wealth of state-of-the-art information, such as: Landfill site selection methods Maintaining quality control during construction The economic analysis of landfills The fundamentals of landfill monitoring Attenuation: how it works, factors affecting it, the design of attenuation landfills Strategies for dealing with leachate, gas, and storm water How to estimate the costs of construction, operation, final closure, and long-term monitoring of landfills No other single source offers as much time- and money-saving information on landfills as Design, Construction, and Monitoring of Landfills by Amalendu Bagchi. For government agencies, consulting firms, environmental engineers, and others involved in waste management, it is sure to become a standard reference. Of related interest… Statistical Methods for Groundwater Monitoring Robert Gibbons 1994 (0-471-58707-9) 256 pp. Waste Containment Systems; Waste Stabilization and Landfills: Design and Evaluation Hari D. Sharma and Sangeeta P. Lewis 1994 (0-471-57536-4) 528 pp.




Geotechnical Aspects of Landfill Design and Construction


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Focuses on actual, state-of-the-art design/construction procedures as opposed to a discussion of solid waste management issues and to general descriptions and/or conceptual designs. Provides an integrated package of analytical tools, design equations, and step-by-step construction procedures for all elements of a landfill, giving the reader a better sense of the necessary site investigation, planning, analysis, and organization that go into a landfill design and construction project.The characteristics of landfill containment envelopes and their design/construction are treated in detail. Physico-chemical and engineering properties of solid waste that are relevant and important to landfill design and construction are tabulated and described. Includes explanation of how to evaluate and assess potential problems that affect landfill performance such as sideslope stability, settlement, containment effectiveness, and erosion control. Discusses vertical landfill expansion; how leachate moves across a liner or barrier under both advection and diffusion; compares the containment effectiveness of different liner systems to the combined advective-diffusive transport of dissolved leachate solutes. Includes a detailed explanation with numerical examples and calculations of how to design a gas collection and piping system in a landfill—including the collection and handling of condensate in the gas. Detailed installation and inspection guidelines are provided for both earthen and geosynthetic liner/cover systems—comparing the relative advantages and limitations of each. For professional training courses in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.




Municipal Landfill Leachate Management


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This book is divided into seven chapters, which address various leachate landfill management issues such as the quality, quantity and management of municipal landfill leachate, together with new methods. There are many methods available for the treatment and management of municipal landfill leachate. The waste management methods presented here can be applied in most third-world countries, due to the lack of waste separation and high organic content of waste. The book provides descriptions and a hierarchy of waste management, reviews the history of solid waste disposal, and covers a range of topics, including: leachate and gas generation in landfills; natural attenuation landfills; landfill site selection; leachate and stormwater management, collection and treatment; landfill gas management; landfill cover requirements; leachate collection; types of natural treatment systems; and design procedure and considerations. In closing, it provides an overview of the current solid waste management status in Iran.




The Handbook of Landfill Operations


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Resource added for the Environmental Engineering Waste and Water Technology program 105062.




An Innovative Approach to Landfill Engineering


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Reg Renaud spent 40 years in the field developing methods and equipment to investigate the geotechnical and environmental conditions of various types of sites all over the world. Based on his broad expertise in these fields, he applied his talents to the investigation and compliance issues at municipal solid waste landfills. With the advanced technology applied to keep landfills in compliance, he developed the next generation in Bioreactors using Steam Injection methods. This technology will allow landfills to hold 10 times more waste and produce 10 times more energy than past landfills. If every landfill in the United States uses the Steam Injection technology today, we will be the first generation to control our own refuse in our lifetime and not leave it for the next generation.




Sanitary Landfilling: Process, Technology and Environmental Impact


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Sanitary Landfilling: Process, Technology, and Environmental Impact is a collection of essays that discusses the role of landfilling in solid waste management. The book presents the approach in the principles of landfilling and the basic biochemical processes in landfills. The text describes the landfill hydrology and leachate production. It discusses the design and construction of liner systems and the surface capping with natural liner materials. The section that follows describes the soil and refuse stability in sanitary landfills. The book will provide valuable insights for engineers, environmentalists, students, and researchers in the field of solid waste management.