A review on settlement models of municipal solid waste landfills

Y Ren, Z Zhang, M Huang - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, landfill is the most common, economical, and convenient method for municipal
solid waste (MSW) disposal in countries around the world. MSW has a complex composition …

The distribution, behavior, and release of macro-and micro-size plastic wastes in solid waste disposal sites

X Fei, H He, X Pi, X Lu, Q Chen, J Ma… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Sanitary landfills and uncontrolled dumpsites are plastic wastes (PWs) reservoirs
containing∼ 60% of all the plastics ever made, amounting to 5,000× 106 tons as of 2017 …

Microbial diversity and dynamics during methane production from municipal solid waste

CA Bareither, GL Wolfe, KD McMahon, CH Benson - Waste management, 2013 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study were to characterize development of bacterial and archaeal
populations during biodegradation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and to link specific …

Physical, geotechnical and biochemical behaviours of municipal solid waste in field and laboratory bioreactors

Y Xie, J Xue, CT Gnanendran, K Xie - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effects of degrees of compaction (initial dry unit weights),
recirculation liquid and rate, and environmental temperature on the long-term physical …

Biochemical, hydrological and mechanical behaviors of high food waste content MSW landfill: preliminary findings from a large-scale experiment

LT Zhan, H Xu, YM Chen, F Lü, JW Lan, LM Shao… - Waste Management, 2017 - Elsevier
A large-scale bioreactor experiment lasting for 2 years was presented in this paper to
investigate the biochemical, hydrological and mechanical behaviors of high food waste …

Effects of waste composition and decomposition on the shear strength of municipal solid waste

CA Bareither, CH Benson, TB Edil - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of waste composition and
decomposition on the shear strength of municipal solid waste. Waste was collected from two …

Global void ratio of municipal solid waste for compression indices estimation

X Pi, X Fei, Y Wang, X Sun, Y Guo - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Compressibility is one of the important engineering properties of municipal solid waste
(MSW) affecting the stability and functionality of a landfill. Although the correlations between …

Progression of elevated temperatures in municipal solid waste landfills

NH Jafari, TD Stark, T Thalhamer - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Elevated temperatures in municipal solid waste landfills can pose health, environmental,
and safety risks because they can generate excessive gases, liquids, pressures, and heat …

Compression behavior of municipal solid waste: immediate compression

CA Bareither, CH Benson, TB Edil - Journal of geotechnical and …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
An evaluation of scale effects, stress, waste segregation, and waste decomposition on the
immediate compression behavior of municipal solid waste is presented. Laboratory …

The influence of moisture enhancement on landfill gas generation in a full-scale landfill

KJ Nwaokorie, CA Bareither, SC Mantell, DJ Leclaire - Waste management, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of different moisture
enhancement strategies on landfill gas generation in a full-scale solid waste landfill …