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Title: Comparison of emissions from landfills, municipal waste combustors, and fossil fuel-fired utilities

Abstract

Landfilling is the most popular disposal method for managing municipal solid waste (MSW). However, air emissions from MSW landfills have generally been unregulated until recently. Instead, EPA has focused on emissions from municipal waste combustors (MWCs), even though they only manage 15% of MSW generated in the United States. In the past, little data have been available comparing landfill and MWC air emissions. Such information is provided by this paper. It also compares emissions from waste-to-energy MWCs and fossil fuel-fired utilities with equivalent electrical generation capacity. 1 refs., 6 tabs.

Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
420755
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Air Pollution Consultant
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 7; Other Information: PBD: Nov-Dec 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; COMBUSTORS; AIR POLLUTION; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; SANITARY LANDFILLS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MUNICIPAL WASTES; CARBON MONOXIDE; METHANE; DIOXIN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Citation Formats

. Comparison of emissions from landfills, municipal waste combustors, and fossil fuel-fired utilities. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
. Comparison of emissions from landfills, municipal waste combustors, and fossil fuel-fired utilities. United States.
. 1996. "Comparison of emissions from landfills, municipal waste combustors, and fossil fuel-fired utilities". United States.
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abstractNote = {Landfilling is the most popular disposal method for managing municipal solid waste (MSW). However, air emissions from MSW landfills have generally been unregulated until recently. Instead, EPA has focused on emissions from municipal waste combustors (MWCs), even though they only manage 15% of MSW generated in the United States. In the past, little data have been available comparing landfill and MWC air emissions. Such information is provided by this paper. It also compares emissions from waste-to-energy MWCs and fossil fuel-fired utilities with equivalent electrical generation capacity. 1 refs., 6 tabs.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/420755}, journal = {Air Pollution Consultant},
number = 7,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
}