Anaerobic degradation of nonylphenol mono- and diethoxylates in digestor sludge, landfilled municipal solid waste, and landfilled sludge
- Linkoeping Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Water and Environmental Studies
- Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala (Sweden). Dept. of Environmental Assessment
- Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Environmental Chemistry
- Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry AB, Stenungsund (Sweden)
The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which anaerobic digestor sludge, landfilled sludge, and landfilled municipal solid waste (MSW) degrade NPEOs [nonylphenol ethoxylates] under methanogenic conditions. NPEO1 and NPEO2 (NPEO1-2), used in a mixture, were chosen as model compounds. Anaerobic experimental bottles were amended with 100% digestor sludge at three different concentrations of NPEO1-2: 2, 60, and 308 mg L{sup {minus}1}. [U-{sup 14}C]-NPEO1-2 was used to detect any possible decomposition of the aromatic moiety of the NPEO1-2. All inoculates used degraded NPEO1-2 at 2 mg L{sup {minus}1}, with nonylphenol (NP) forming the ultimate degradation product. The NP formed was not further degraded, and the incubations with labeled NPEO showed that the aromatic structure remained intact. Both landfill inoculates also transformed NPEO1-2 at 60 mg L{sup {minus}1}. CH{sub 4} production was temporarily hampered in bottles with MSW landfill inoculum at 60 and 308 mg L{sup {minus}1}. With 2 mg L{sup {minus}1} of NPEO, CH{sub 4} production closely followed that in the controls. Both NP and NPEO1-2 interacted with the organic matter which resulted in sorption to the solid phase.
- OSTI ID:
- 318751
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 33, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: 15 Jan 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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