Biological-mechanical waste treatment tests at a landfill in East Germany

Conference · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:395303

Wotte, J; Brummack, J; Paar, S; Gemende, B ^[1]

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1. Dresden Univ. of Technology (Germany). Process and Environmental Engineering Inst.

The paper begins by describing the present situation in East Germany with regard to sanitary landfills, that is, there is very limited space for new landfills. The paper discusses the new German waste act amendments, special waste management problems in East Germany, and the combination biological and mechanical waste treatment (BMT) method proposed to help solve these problems. In general terms the BMT method would use a combination of composting, fermentation, separation, mixing, and crushing processes to minimize the waste to be disposed of and to render it harmless to further degradation which leads to emission of methane and contaminated leachates from the landfills.

• OSTI ID: 395303
• Report Number(s): CONF-9505206-; TRN: IM9648%%426
• Resource Relation: Conference: 50. Purdue industrial waste conference, W. Lafayette, IN (United States), 8-10 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 50. industrial waste conference; Wukasch, R.F. [ed.]; PB: 861 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
SANITARY LANDFILLS
AIR POLLUTION
LAND POLLUTION
WASTES
COMPOSTING
FERMENTATION
SORTING
COMMINUTION
MIXING
CAPACITY
GROUND DISPOSAL
LEACHATES
GROUND WATER
METHANE
EMISSION
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MUNICIPAL WASTES