Leachate from landfills

Phthalates are easily released into the environment because there is no covalent bond between them and plastics in which they are mixed. The major portion of phthalates that are found in the environment comes from the slow releases of phthalates from plastics and other phthalate containing articles due to weathering. At natural conditions, phthalates are hydrolyzed to some extent yielding their corresponding monoesters, which are also environmental pollutants [15]. They show poor mobility in soil but aqueous leachates from landfills may contain trace amounts of more soluble products of phthalate degradation [11, 16]. 

Sawhney BL, Kozloski RP. 1984. Organic pollutants in leachates from landfill sites. J Environ Qual 13 349-352. 

Johnson, C. A., Kaeppeh, M., Brandenberger, S., Ulrich, A. Baumann, W. 1999. Hydrological and geochemical factors affecting leachate composition in municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash. Part II. The geochemistry of leachate from Landfill Lostorf, Switzerland. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 40, 239- 259. 

Benzene is released to water from the discharges of both treated and untreated industrial waste water, leachate from landfills and other contaminated soils, gasoline leaks from underground storage tanks, and from accidental spills during marine transportation of chemical products (CDC 1994 Crawford et al. 

Other compounds may be found in leachate from landfills, e.g., borate, sulfide, arsenate, selenate, barium, lithium, mercury, and cobalt. In general, however, these components are not often measured when they are measured, they are usually present in very low concentrations and are considered only of secondary importance. 

Leachates from landfills have complex and variable compositions, often making it difficult to ascribe particular effects arising from exposure to these. Leachates from sources containing well-defined chemical compositions can be studied more accurately. In a recently published study, an in vitro... 

Farquhar, G.J. and Rovers, F.A., 1975. Leachate attenuation in undisturbed and remoulded soils. Proc. Res. Symp. Gas and Leachate from Landfills Formation, Collection, and Treatment, New Brunswick, N.J., March 15—16, 1975, U.S. Environ. Prot. Agency, Natl. Environ. Res. Cent., Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Directly impacted by leachate from landfill disposal sites... 

Precipitation reactions will therefore clearly have an impact on the potential pollution arising from the migration of leachate from landfill. 

Richards, K.M. and Aithcheson, E.M. (1991) Landfilling in the greenhouse world. Landfill gas exploitation in the UK. in Sardinia 91. Proc. Third International Landfill Symposium Vol 1. Grafiche Galeati, Imola, Italy. pp33-44. Robinson, H.D.(1990a) On site treatment of leachates from landfilled wastes. J.IWEM., 4(1), 78-89. 

Fleming G and Macdonald M (1994) Gas production levels and leachate from landfill sites of differing waste disposal practices in Central Scotland. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow... 

Ciner, Air emission from landfill. Leachate from landfill in groundwater... 

Figure 11.10 Concentrations of plastic additives nonylphenols, Bisphenol-A and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in leachate from landfills of Asian countries...

Fuller, W. H. Korte, N. 1976. Attenuation mechanisms through soils. In Genetelli, E. J. CiRELLO, J. (eds.) Gas and Leachate from Landfills. US EPA Report EPA-600/9-76-004, Cincinnati. 

Treatment of Leachates from Landfills and Composting Plants... 

I Collected and treated leachates from landfill sites... 

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