Title: Environmental impacts, institutional problems, and research needs of sanitary landfill methane recovery
Abstract: Solid waste disposal sites may become public and corporate assets when landfill gas (LFG) energy extraction systems are applied. When methane gas, the primary component of LFG, is extracted, a useful energy source is developed and explosion and fire hazards are reduced. These beneficial environmental impacts are addressed, as are adverse environmental impacts relating to the production (including LFG enhancement), recovery (including methane migration control), processing, and use of LFG. Recommended research projects include studies of air pollutant emissions from burning LFG, characterization of raw and processed LFG, analysis of leachates and condensates, and assessments of socioeconomic impacts.
Publication Year: 1981
Publication Date: 1981-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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