ANALYSIS OF LANDFILL GAS CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS IN SANITARY LANDFILLS

Biljana Nikolić, Lidija Milošević, Emina Mihajlović

DOI Number
https://doi.org/10.22190/FUWLEP1903147N
First page
147
Last page
160

Abstract


Waste disposal is an element of integrated waste management. Properly designed projects for landfill construction ensure safe waste disposal with minimal environmental impact. The first part of this paper discusses and analyses waste management and landfills in Serbia. The second part describes the factors contributing to landfill gas (LFG) generation. The influence of several factors on LFG generation is shown on the basis of measurements of LFG components concentrations and of the analysed wastewater samples taken from “Pirot” Regional Sanitary Landfill. Depending on the contributory factors, provision of optimal conditions at the landfill accelerates waste decomposition, in turn producing larger quantities of LFG, with the ultimate goal of proper controlled LFG management. The paper presents guidelines for controlled LFG management, the implementation of which would automatically meet the requirements and recommendations of both domestic and European legislation.


Keywords

waste, sanitary landfill, landfill gas, landfill leachate, methane, contributory factors

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