Abstract Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is collected, transported, and disposed of in an
unorganized and disordered manner in lower-and middle-income countries. Improper waste …

The by-products of solid waste deposited in a landfill has adverse effects on the surrounding
environment and humans living closer to landfill sites. This study sought to test the …

Dumping waste materials into aquatic ecosystems leads to pollution, which directly and
indirectly poses a danger to all life forms. Currently, huge quantities of wastes are generated …

An increase in urban population and the rising demand for food and other essentials
perpetuate a rise in the amount of waste being generated daily by each household. In …

As a result of poor MSW management in South Africa, leachate generation has been
reported in lined and unlined landfills, which calls for measures to quantify and safely return …

Forecasting of municipal waste generation is a critical challenge for decision making and
planning, because proper planning and operation of a solid waste management system is …

Waste landfills represent a global problem, which is more pronounced in developing
countries because of the lack of resources to implement procedures that include separation …

This study focuses on the characterization of leachate generated from Gohagoda dumpsite
in Kandy, Sri Lanka, assessment of its spatial and temporal variations, and identification of …

In this work, physicochemical and bacteriological analyses of leachate collected from three
different landfills in the Marrakech region in Morocco were carried out. The results showed …

A living consortium of green algae (Ankistrodesmus) and cyanobacteria (Nostoc and
Anabaena) was tested for the removal of heavy metal ions (Fe (II), Cu (II), Pb (II), Cr (VI) and …