Landfill mining: A review on material recovery and its utilization challenges

M Jain, A Kumar, A Kumar - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2023 - Elsevier
Landfill mining (LFM) is excavating and processing legacy waste to recover secondary
resources. This study reviews the technologies used for excavation and processing of the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Production of H2-rich syngas from excavated landfill waste through steam co-gasification with biochar

IN Zaini, Y Gomez-Rueda, CG López, DK Ratnasari… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Gasification of excavated landfill waste is one of the promising options to improve the added-
value chain during remediation of problematic old landfill sites. Steam gasification is …

[HTML][HTML] Pyrolysis of excavated waste from landfill mining: Characterisation of the process products

K Jagodzińska, IN Zaini, R Svanberg, W Yang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The current transition to a circular economy model laid the foundations for the development
of the Enhanced Landfill Mining concept. Hitherto, a few studies have been performed on …

[HTML][HTML] Characterisation of excavated landfill waste fractions to evaluate the energy recovery potential using Py-GC/MS and ICP techniques

K Jagodzińska, CG Lopez, W Yang, PG Jönsson… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fuelled by further planet degradation concerns, the circular economy concept spreads
worldwide, incorporating the need for the closing of material loops. This can be done not …

[HTML][HTML] Pyrolysis and in-line catalytic decomposition of excavated landfill waste to produce carbon nanotubes and hydrogen over Fe-and Ni-based catalysts …

K Jagodzińska, PG Jönsson, W Yang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Undeniably, non-sanitary landfills existing worldwide pose considerable environmental risks
related to air, water and soil pollution. Despite that, the landfill mining concept does not …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of sustianable refuse-derived fuel production in waste processing facility

J Tahir, R Ahmad, P Martinez - Energy Conversion and Management: X, 2024 - Elsevier
Transformation of municipal solid waste into refuse-derived fuel (RDF) offers a promising
solution for waste-to-energy conversion. In this context, a systematic literature review and …

Proposal for implementation of extraction mechanism of raw materials during landfill mining and its application in alternative fuel production

I Pitak, G Denafas, A Baltušnikas, M Praspaliauskas… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
New approaches to waste management and the demands of the circular economy have
changed the management of landfills. Over time, the decomposition of buried waste …

Characterization of excavated plastic waste from an Indian dumpsite: Investigating extent of degradation and resource recovery potential

RV Mankhair, A Singh… - Waste Management & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, the concept of landfill mining has gained a lot of traction in India, and tonnes
of plastic waste is being excavated. The present shift towards a circular economy …

The EU training network for resource recovery through enhanced landfill mining—a review

D Vollprecht, L Machiels, PT Jones - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The “European Union Training Network for Resource Recovery Through Enhanced Landfill
Mining (NEW-MINE)” was a European research project conducted between 2016 and 2020 …