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Leaching of metals from alkaline wastes by municipal waste leachate

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6711475
Four alkaline wastes were leached under anoxic conditions with a municipal waste leachate (MWL) to simulate the codisposal of the wastes in a municipal waste landfill. Two of the four wastes were wastewater treatment plant sludges from electroplating processes, and the other two wastes were resource recovery ashes. The electroplating wastewater sludges contained cadmium, and the resource recovery ashes contained lead at levels that were in excess of the present regulatory standards established by the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) extraction test (EP).
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
6711475
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-10050; ON: DE87007837
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English