Landfill gases: Characteristics and treatment

Authors

  • Ashfaque Ahmad Energy and Environmental Engineering, UTD, CSVTU, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Piyush Sahu Energy and Environmental Engineering, UTD, CSVTU, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Biju Prava Sahariah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30732/ijbbb.20180302003

Keywords:

Landfill gas, Methane, Toxicity, Global warming, Flare

Abstract

With the increase of population and change in lifestyle, the quantity and quality of solid waste has drastically changed in Indian society. Aspects involved in solid waste management are mostly, collection, transportation, disposal and processing. The disposal of solid waste is concerned with disposal process followed and availability of disposal land. Proper care should be taken in choosing the disposal area and disposal mechanism. Monitoring of the sites is priority criteria for successful management of solid waste as leachate generation occurs which is associated with ground water as well as surface water contamination near dumping sites. Surface water system situated near the disposal or landfill sites shows more toxicity as the dose of toxicants passage from the nearby landfill [1]. This note is simplified on the basis of guidelines on landfill gas management by SEPA, 2004 [2]. Through this short note, authors make a glimpse of landfill gas characteristics and management practices.

References

[1] K. Yang, X.N. Zhou, W.A. Yan, (2008) Landfills in Jiangsu province, China, and potential threats for public health: Leachate appraisal and spatial analysis using geographic information system and remote sensing. Waste Manag 28(12): 2750-2757.
[2] SEPA 2004: Scottish Environmental Protection Agency: Guidance on the management of landfill gas.

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Published

2018-09-01

How to Cite

Ahmad, A., Sahu, P., & Sahariah, B. P. (2018). Landfill gases: Characteristics and treatment. CSVTU International Journal of Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Biomedical, 3(2), 26–30. https://doi.org/10.30732/ijbbb.20180302003

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2018): Peer Review

Section

Review Article

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