• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.421-427
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• 2012

Nepal is one of the least urbanized countries in the world where more than 80% of the total population live in rural areas. In recent years, the rate of urbanization became rampant which ultimately accelerated immense pressure on municipal services, especially on managing the ever increasing amount of wastes. Due to lack of technology, infrastructure and financial capacity management of increasing amount of solid waste has become a major challenge in municipalities of Nepal. The indiscriminate dumping of solid wastes already affected the urban environment by creating a serious occupational health and environmental hazard to the vicinity of the dumping sites. However, there is great possibility of recovering methane from the landfill sites since the typical Nepalese municipal solid waste contains more than 65% of organic wastes. Despite having enormous potential of generating electricity from hydropower, Nepal is facing acute shortage of energy. Therefore, comprehensive scientific research and development is necessary for making solid waste to environmentally friendly by converting waste to the energy.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제11권1_2호
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• pp.31-39
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• 1996

Leachate from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill, effluent from leachate treatment plant, and ground water sample from a monitoring well near landfill site were tested for an acute toxicity. Microtox toxicity test was used for testing the acute toxicity of leachate and other samples. EC$_{50}$ values which a concentration of pollutant for reducing 50% light output from luminescent bacteria, Photobacterium phosphoreum were determined to assess the toxicity of pollutants as well as the relative toxicity. In addition, characteristics of leachate were studied and compared to those of phenol and pentachlorophenol (PCP) which are typical aquatic toxic pollutants. For leachate, EC$_{50}$ for 30 min incubation was 10.8%, while for phenol and PCP, 46 ppm and 1.2 ppm, respectively. the relative toxicity of treated leachate by in situ aeration with activated sludge was reduced to more than 75% of toxicity of the untreated leachate. Microtox toxicity test was failed to figure out EC$_{50}$ values for groundwater from a monitoring well since the relative toxicity of the unconcentrated sample was too low to estimate EC$_{50}$. Addition of activated carbon to leachate was reduced the relative toxicity. The reduction Pattern of the relative toxicity of leachate by mechanical aeration was similar to that of PCP, but different from that of phenol. These findings suggest that the toxicity of leachate may come from PCP-like toxic compounds rather than phenol-like one. In conclusion, the process of aeration with activated sludge might be very important to reduce the environmental toxicity of leachate. And Microtox test could be a reasonable bioassay for screening and monitoring the environmental toxicity of leachate from municipal solid waste landfill as well as for determining the reduction efficiency of the leachate toxicity by various treatment processes in leachate treatment plant.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2009

폐기물을 적절히 관리하고 처리하기 위해 기본 자료가 되는 폐기물의 물리적 특성과 화학적 특성 분석을 위해 충주시에서 발생된 생활폐기물을 대상으로 발생원과 매립장에서 시료채취를 채취하여 겉보기밀도, 폐기물의 물리적 조성, 삼성분, 화학적 조성 및 발열량을 조사 분석하였다. 발생원별조사결과와 매립장 반입폐기물의 물리적 특성 값들은 차이가 있으나, 화학적 조성 값은 큰 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 환경부에서 도입예정인 생활폐기물전처리시설(MBT(mechanical biological treatment))과 같은 폐기물중간처리 장치를 도입할 경우 물리적 조성 값을 알기위해서는 발생원별 조사가 필수적이지만, 소각로 설계를 위한 폐기물조사에서는 주로 화학적 특성 값을 이용하기 때문에 간단히 매립장에 반입되는 폐기물의 분석치만 조사하여도 큰 문제가 없는 것으로 판단된다. 폐기물의 중간처리에 중요한 생활폐기물의 물리적 성상은 가연성과 비가연성 성분으로 분석할 경우 가연성은 연평균 87.4%로 나타났고, 비가연성의 경우 연평균 12.6%이며, 생활폐기물의 발생원별 겉보기 밀도 평균은 $0.150ton/m^3$이다. 생활폐기물의 삼성분 분석결과 평균은 수분 27.6%, 가연분 60.5%, 회분 11.9%이고, 원소분석 결과 평균 원소성분에 대한 값은 C: 50.1%, H: 6.%, O: 39.5%, N: 1.9%, S: 0.5%, Cl: 1.3%이며, 저위발열량은 2,441kcal/kg이다.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.33-42
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• 1996

The portion of the recycled paper and paper board packaging material has been the highest in recycled municipal solid waste since 1960 but still the portion of the discarded paper and paper board packaging material is the highest (32.3%) in whole discarded municipal solid waste in USA. In order to reduce more the discarded paper and paper board, the common municipal solid waste treatments were compared and recycling treatment was still recommended for the the discarded paper and paper board rather than of the waste treatments, landfill, incineration, and source reduction. In this paper, the obstacled of recycling treatment of the paper and paper board in municipal solid waste and new application of recycled paper and paper board packaging material are discussed.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.268-276
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• 2015

Solid waste production increases due to population and consumption increments. Landfill is the ultimate destination for all kinds of municipal solid waste; and is the most convenient waste disposal method in developing countries. To minimize investment and operational costs and society's opposition towards locating landfills nearby, proper landfill sizing and siting are essential. In this study, solid waste forecasting using Autoregressive Integrating Moving Average (ARIMA) was integrated with government future plans and waste composition to estimate the required landfill area for the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Landfill siting criteria were then prioritized based on expert's preferences. To minimize ambiguity and the uncertainty of the criteria prioritizing process, the expert's preferences were treated using integrated Median Ranked Sample Set (MRSS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) models. The results show that the required landfill area is 342 hectares and the environmental criteria are the most important; with a priority equal to 48%.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.503-508
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• 2015

The adsorption characteristics of ammonia on MSWI bottom ash were investigated. The effect of the variation of the landfill environmental parameters including pH, anions and organic matter on the adsorption process was discussed. Results showed that the adsorption could be well described by pseudo-second-order kinetics and Langmuir model, with a maximum adsorption capacity of 156.2 mg/g. The optimum adsorption of ammonia was observed when the pH was 6.0. High level of ion and organic matter could restrict the adsorption to a low level. The above results suggested that MSWI bottom ash could affect the migration of ammonia in the landfill, which is related to the variation of the landfill circumstance.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.220-237
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• 2019

Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the poorly rendered services in developing countries - limited resources, increasing population, rapid urbanization and application of outdated systems leads to inefficiency. Lack of proper planning and inadequate data regarding solid waste generation and collection compound the SWM problem. Decision makers need to formulate solutions that consider multiple goals and strategies. Given the large number of available options for SWM and the inter-relationships among these options, identifying SWM strategies that satisfy economic or environmental objectives is a complex task. The paper develops a mathematical model for a municipal Integrated SWM system, taking into account waste generation rates, composition, transportation modes, processing techniques, revenues from waste processing, simulating waste management as closely as possible. The constraints include those linking waste flows and mass balance, processing plants capacity, landfill capacity, transport vehicle capacity and number of trips. The linear programming model integrating different functional elements was solved by LINGO optimization software and various possible waste management options were considered during analysis. The model thus serves as decision support tool to evaluate various waste management alternatives and obtain the least-cost combination of technologies for handling, treatment and disposal of solid waste.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.75-84
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• 1997

본 논문은 해안 매립장의 해성점토와 그 기반 풍화토가 갖는 침출수 중의 무기물, 중금속 및 유기물에 대한 오염물 이동성 저감능력을 실내 주상실험에 의하여 조사하였다. 그 결과 무기물 인 칼릅의 경우 해성점토층의 흡착능이 하부 풍화토에 비하여 큰 것으로 나타났으며 중금속인 납과 카드윰의 경우는 매립장 실제 배출 농도보다 큰 농도에서도 완전 흡착되는 것으로 나타났다. 유기성 폐기물에 대한 실험결과 그 흡착능이 무기물이나 중금속에 비하여는 떨어지나 침출수내의 난분해성 유기물질을 기반 점토 및 풍화토가 저감시킬 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.14-27
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• 2006

The proper management of discarded electronic devices (often called electronic-waste) is an emerging issue for solid waste professionals throughout the world because of the large growth of the waste stream, and the content of toxic metals in them, most notably heavy metals such as lead. Notebook computers are becoming one of the major components of discarded computer devices and will continue to increase in the waste stream in the future. While the computers hold great promise for recycling, a substantial amount of this waste is often disposed in municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. The toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) is commonly used to simulate worse case leaching conditions where a potentially hazardous waste is assumed to be disposed along with municipal solid waste in a landfill with actively decomposing materials overlying an aquifer. The objective of this study was to examine leaching potential of lead from discarded notebook computers using the scale-up TCLP, other standard leaching tests such as California waste extraction test (Cal WET), and the synthetic precipitation leaching procedure (SPLP) and actual landfill leachates as leaching solution. The scale-up TCLP is a modified TCLP (where the device was disassembled and leached in or near entirety) to meet the intent of the TCLP. The results showed that the scale-up TCLP resulted in relatively high lead found in the leachate with an average of 23.3 mg/L. The average level was less than those by the standard TCLP and WET (37.0 mg/L and 86.0 mg/L, respectively), but much greater than those by the SPLP and the extractions with the landfill leachates (0.55 mg/L and 1.47 mg/L, respectively). The pH of the leaching solution and the ability of the organic acids in the TCLP and WET to complex with the lead were identified as major factors that controlled the amount of lead leached from notebook computers. Based on the results obtained by a number of leaching tests in this study, notebook computers may present a potential leaching risk to the environment and human health upon land disposal. However, further investigation is still needed to assess the true risk posed by the land disposal of discarded notebook computers.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2015

본 논문은 자원순환사회 구축을 목표로 필요한 재원마련을 위해 도입예정인 폐기물부담금제에 대응하기 위한 폐기물의 에너지화 제고방안을 인천시를 중심으로 평가하고 폐기물부담금제 도입을 위해 고려하여야 할 사항들을 제안하였다. 인천시의 폐기물 에너지화를 위한 주요 문제점으로 파악된 음식물 류폐기물의 반입량 감소에 따른 폐기물의 고발열량화, 종량제봉투에 혼입되어 배출되는 금속류, 건전지 등을 해결하기 위한 대책을 도출하였다.