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Mohammad A, Singh DN, Podlasek A, Osinski P, Koda E. Leachate characteristics: Potential indicators for monitoring various phases of municipal solid waste decomposition in a bioreactor landfill. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 309:114683. [PMID: 35180441 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Leachate is a contaminated liquid generated during the bio-chemical decomposition processes of municipal solid waste (MSW) that occurred at semi-solid or solid-state in a bioreactor landfill (BLF). Conceptually, leachate from a BLF is analogous to the urine generated in the 'human body', on which the medical practitioners rely to diagnose and remediate ailments. In line with this practice, to monitor the complex MSW decomposition processes, prolonged investigations were performed to establish the temporal variation of different chemical parameters (such as pH, electrical conductivity, chemical oxygen demand, organic- and inorganic carbon, nitrate- and ammonium-nitrogen, sugars and volatile fatty acids) of the leachate collected from different cells (age≈ 6-48 months) of a fully functional BLF in Mumbai, India. Furthermore, to understand the effect of the climate, MSW composition and landfill operating conditions on the rate of the decomposition process, chemical parameters of the leachate obtained from a landfill located in the central part of Poland were compared with the BLF. The study reveals that the chemical parameters, except for the pH, evince a rapid reduction with time and attain a constant value, which indicates the 'stabilized MSW'. Also, native microorganisms that are an integral part of MSW consume volatile fatty acids within a year in the BLF, which facilitate the rapid transformation of the decomposition process from acidogenesis and acetogenesis to the methanogenesis phase. It is worth iterating here that based on the long-term field study, a convenient and efficient methodology, which is currently missing from the literature, has been established to understand the kinetics of different phases of anaerobic decomposition. This study would be very helpful to the landfill operators, who are interested in accelerating MSW decomposition by augmenting leachate properties.
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- Arif Mohammad
- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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- Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, Warsaw, 02-776, Poland.
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- Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, Warsaw, 02-776, Poland.
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- Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, Warsaw, 02-776, Poland.
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Flores CAR, da Cunha AC, Cunha HFA. Solid waste generation indicators, per capita, in Amazonian countries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:33138-33151. [PMID: 35025044 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18509-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Countries participating in the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization have few options for the environmentally appropriate final disposal of municipal solid waste. Thus, sustainable practices aimed at reducing the negative effects of such a disposal on the environment are complex and hard to accomplish, since solid waste generation per capita proportionally increases as populations grow (≈ 2.7% > world average), mainly in countries inserted in Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization. Thus, demographic, socioeconomic, management, and ecological factors represented by 18 independent variables were statistically analyzed to explain waste per capita variation in Amazonian countries and sub-regions. Multiple Kruskal-Wallis tests were applied; 13 of them recorded significant results (p < 0.05). Subsequently, simple and multivariate regression analyses were carried out by taking into consideration waste per capita and significant variables. Simple regression results recorded for variables "IAC" and "Gini index" were significant (RIAC2 = 60.09%, RGini2 = 30.83%), with emphasis on "Amazon biome" (DF = 33, p < 0.01, RBiome2 = 5.34%). Multivariate models resulted in wide explainability variation, depending on the number and type of available variable (54.47% ≤ Raj2 ≤ 70.83%), with emphasis on "IAC," "Ptot," "Purb," "Wton," "Lon," Area, "HDI," "Gini," and "SDG11" (p < 0.01). In conclusion, waste per capita estimation models can present variations and geographical interdependencies due to different variables and factors that reflect the current public policies and municipal solid waste management practices.
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- Carlos Armando Reyes Flores
- Post-Graduate Program in Tropical Biodiversity (PPGBIO), Federal University of Amapá, Av. Walter Banhos 270, Amapá 68.903-516, Macapá, Brazil.
- Post-Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences (PPGCA), Federal University of Amapá, Av. Walter Banhos 270, Amapá 68.903-516, Macapá, Brazil.
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- Post-Graduate Program in Tropical Biodiversity (PPGBIO), Federal University of Amapá, Av. Walter Banhos 270, Amapá 68.903-516, Macapá, Brazil
- Post-Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences (PPGCA), Federal University of Amapá, Av. Walter Banhos 270, Amapá 68.903-516, Macapá, Brazil
- Civil Engineering Department, Federal University of Amapá, Rodovia JK.km 02. S/N, Amapá 66.900-000, Jardim Marco Zero, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Tropical Biodiversity (PPGBIO), Federal University of Amapá, Av. Walter Banhos 270, Amapá 68.903-516, Macapá, Brazil
- Post-Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences (PPGCA), Federal University of Amapá, Av. Walter Banhos 270, Amapá 68.903-516, Macapá, Brazil
- Environment and Development Department, Federal University of Amapá, Rodovia JK. km 02. S/N, Amapá 66.900-000, Jardim Marco Zero, Brazil
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Srivastava AN, Chakma S. Dry tomb - bioreactor landfilling approach for enhanced biodegradation and biomethane generation from municipal solid waste Co-disposed with sugar mill pressmud. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 342:125895. [PMID: 34536842 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, anaerobic co-landfilling of municipal solid waste (MSW) and sugar mill pressmud (PM) was performed in four different proportions [PM:MSW] viz. 0:1 (control: BR1), 1:3 (BR2), 1:1 (BR3) and 3:1 (BR4). Efficacy assessment of Dry tomb - Bioreactor landfill (DTLF - BRLF) operation was carried out through leachate characterization and biomethane production. Leachate recirculation as a part of bioreactor operation after 194th day onwards showed promising degradation of co-wastes. Moreover, leachate decontamination and methane production were reliant on co-disposal proportions of PM and MSW. Maximum biomethane generation of 46.355L was obtained in landfill lysimeter BR3 followed by BR4 (34.680L), BR2 (24.275L) and BR1 (12.850L). Both logistic function and Gompertz growth models showed efficient fitting (R2 > 0.99) for observed methane production. This research could be a baseline study for selective operation of combined dry tomb and bioreactor landfilling at full scale in co-disposal scenarios.
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- Abhishek N Srivastava
- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
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Fang D, Wang J, Cui D, Dong X, Tang C, Zhang L, Yue D. Recent Advances of Landfill Leachate Treatment. J Indian Inst Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s41745-021-00262-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Community Structure of Bacteria and Archaea Associated with Geotextile Filters in Anaerobic Bioreactor Landfills. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9081377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Landfills are an example of an environment that contains highly complex communities of microorganisms. To evaluate the microbial community structure, four stainless steel pilot-scale bioreactor landfills with single- and double-layered geotextile fabric were used. Two reactors (R-1 and R-2) contained municipal solid waste (MSW) and sewage sludge, while the other two reactors (R-3 and R-4) contained only MSW. A single layer of geotextile fabric (R2GT3 and R3GT3) was inserted in the drainage layers of the two reactors (R-2 and R-3), while a double layer of geotextile fabric (R4GT2 and R4GT1) was inserted in one of the reactors (R-4). Scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that biomass developed on the geotextile fabrics after 540 days of bioreactor operation. The metagenomics analyses of the geotextile samples by 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that the geotextile bacterial communities were dominated by the phyla Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Thermotogeae, while Proteobacteria were detected as the rarest bacterial phylum in all the geotextile samples. Treponema, Caldicoprobacter, and Clostridium were the most dominant anaerobic and fermentative bacterial genera associated with the geotextile fabric in the bioreactors. Euryarchaeota was the predominant archaean phylum detected in all the geotextile samples. In the archaeal communities, Methanosarcina, and Vadin CA11 were identified as the predominant genera. The diversity of microorganisms in landfill bioreactors is addressed to reveal opportunities for landfill process modifications and associated operational optimization. Thus, this study provides insights into the population dynamics of microorganisms in geotextile fabrics used in bioreactor landfills.
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Sohoo I, Ritzkowski M, Kuchta K. Influence of moisture content and leachate recirculation on oxygen consumption and waste stabilization in post aeration phase of landfill operation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 773:145584. [PMID: 33582327 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Sustainable completion of municipal solid waste landfills requires post-closure care after a time when utilization of landfill gas produced from biodecomposition of organic waste be not possible/or economically feasible. Research proved that in-situ aeration is a promising approach employed for landfill aftercare. The application of post aeration operation is targeted to achieve accelerated waste stabilization to avoid long term environmental and public health impacts from landfills. In in-situ aeration operation, consumption of supplied oxygen has significant influence on biological stabilization of solid waste placed in the landfills. The consumption of oxygen is regulated by operation parameters of landfill - one of the important is presence of moisture in landfill ecosystem. This research aims to assess the influence of moisture content and leachate recirculation on the oxygen consumption during post aeration phase of landfill operation. The effect of oxygen consumption on the extent of waste stabilization achieved after experiment was also assessed. Three lab-scale landfill simulation reactors (LSRs) were used - in two of three reactors (LSR-1 and LSR-3) operation was carried out in two phases: Anaerobic and post-aeration. One reactor (LSR-2) was operated under anaerobic condition throughout the experiment and used as control. To compare the oxygen consumption, conventional landfill (CLF) conditions without excess water addition and leachate recirculation were simulated in LSR-1 and the bioreactor landfill conditions (BRLF) with excess water injection and leachate recirculation were simulated in LSR-3. In CLF 46.4% of supplied oxygen was consumed during post aeration phase while in BRLF only 0.96% of oxygen consumption was noticed. In result of higher oxygen consumption, biostabilization rate of waste in CLF was 7% higher than BRLF at the end of experiment. This study demonstrated that, in presence of low moisture in landfill ecosystem optimal air distribution can be realized which results in enhanced waste oxidization and stabilization.
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- Ihsanullah Sohoo
- Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Sustainable Resource and Waste Management, Hamburg University of Technology, Blohmstr. 15, 21079 Hamburg, Germany; Department of Energy and Environment Engineering, Dawood University of Technology, New M.A Jinnah Road, 74800 Karachi, Pakistan.
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- Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Sustainable Resource and Waste Management, Hamburg University of Technology, Blohmstr. 15, 21079 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Sustainable Resource and Waste Management, Hamburg University of Technology, Blohmstr. 15, 21079 Hamburg, Germany
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Qin R, Wang J, Chao C, Yu J, Copeland L, Wang S, Wang S. RS5 Produced More Butyric Acid through Regulating the Microbial Community of Human Gut Microbiota. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:3209-3218. [PMID: 33630575 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c08187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The objective of this research was to compare the in vitro fermentability of three resistant starches (RS2, RS3, and RS5). Structural analyses showed that there were small changes in the long- and short-range ordered structure of three RSs after fermentation by human gut microbiota. The fermentation of RSs by gut microbiota produced large amounts of short-chain fatty acids, with RS5 producing more butyric acid and RS3 producing more lactic acid. RS3 and RS5 decreased the pH of the fermentation culture to a greater extent compared with RS2. Moreover, RS5 increased significantly the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium, Dialister, Collinsella, Romboutsia, and Megamonas. The results suggested that the form of RS was the main factor affecting the physiological function of RS and that RS5, as a recently recognized form of resistant starch, could be a better functional ingredient to improve health compared with RS2 and RS3.
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- Renbing Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
- School of Food Science and Technology Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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