Laboratory extraction method to simulate co-disposal of solid wastes in municipal waste landfills

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6880502

Francis, C W; Maskarinec, M P; Goyert, J C

The objective was to develop a laboratory extraction method for solid wastes that simulates concentrations of inorganic and organic constituents in leachates resulting from co-disposal with municipal wastes in landfills. A scientific rationale and a data base are presented supporting the use of such an extraction method to characterize the potential hazards of leachates from a solid waste co-disposed with municipal waste in a landfill containing about 95:5 ratio of municipal and industrial waste, respectively. Two field lysimeters, each containing approximately 1.5 Mg of assorted municipal wastes, were used to generate a municipal waste leachate (MWL) that in turn was used to leach four industrial wastes under anoxic simulated co-disposal conditions. Leachates from the four industrial wastes were monitored for concentrations of inorganic and organic constituents, several laboratory extraction methods that might be used to simulate the target concentrations were evaluated. 8 references, 3 figures, 5 tables.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Science Applications, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6880502
• Report Number(s): CONF-8405174-1; ON: DE84012335
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

510200* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
DATA
DISPERSIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXTRACTION
INFORMATION
LEACHATES
MANAGEMENT
MIXTURES
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NUMERICAL DATA
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLID WASTES
SOLUTIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES