Liners for Waste

Aik Heng Lee, Hamid Nikraz, Yung Tse Hung

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    Abstract

    © 2014 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Leachate from waste landfill is attracting attention due to environmental impacts related to pollution of groundwater and surface water. Typically, four groups of leachate pollutants namely dissolved organic matters, inorganic matters, heavy metals, and xenobiotic organic compounds vary in concentration during acid phase and methanogenic phase required landfill to be lined. Several types of liners consist of clay, geomembranes, geotextiles, geosynthetic clay liner, and geonet are generally used in municipal solid waste (MSW), which have to take into considerations of hydraulic conductivity, shear strength, chemical compatibility, and resistant to creep and puncture.

    Original languageAmerican English
    Title of host publicationHandbook of Environment and Waste Management: Volume 2: Land and Groundwater Pollution Control
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2013

    Keywords

    • Clay
    • Dissolved organic matters
    • Environmental pollution
    • Geomembranes
    • Geonet
    • Geosynthetic clay liner
    • Geotextiles
    • Heavy metals
    • Inorganic matters
    • Landfill
    • Leachate
    • Liners for waste
    • Pollutants
    • Xenobiotic organic compounds

    Disciplines

    • Civil and Environmental Engineering

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