Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Progress and prospects in mitigation of landfill leachate pollution: Risk, pollution potential, treatment and challenges

P Wijekoon, PA Koliyabandara, AT Cooray… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The escalating loads of municipal solid waste (MSW) end up in open dumps and landfills,
producing continuous flows of landfill leachate. The risk of incorporating highly toxic landfill …

Challenges and opportunities associated with waste management in India

S Kumar, SR Smith, G Fowler… - Royal Society …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
India faces major environmental challenges associated with waste generation and
inadequate waste collection, transport, treatment and disposal. Current systems in India …

Municipal solid waste landfill leachate characteristics and their treatment options in tropical countries

L Lindamulla, N Nanayakkara, M Othman… - Current pollution …, 2022 - Springer
This review assesses the leachate quality from waste disposal sites in tropical climate zone.
Through this review, data from 228 leachate samples from 145 waste disposal sites from 18 …

[HTML][HTML] Groundwater contamination from a municipal landfill: Effect of age, landfill closure, and season on groundwater chemistry

D Abiriga, LS Vestgarden, H Klempe - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Groundwater reservoirs continue to be threatened globally, mainly from anthropogenic
activities. There is need to understand how remediation of groundwater can be influenced …

A mini review on generation, handling, and initiatives to tackle construction and demolition waste in India

MS Jain - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Increase in the construction and demolition (C&D) waste generation all over the globe is
indeed troublesome as it pose threat to the economy and sustainability. Construction, India's …

Characteristics and pollution potential of leachate from municipal solid waste landfills: Practical examples from Poland and the Czech Republic and a comprehensive …

A Podlasek, MD Vaverková, E Koda, A Jakimiuk… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The formation of leachate is mainly due to the percolating of rainwater through the body of
the landfill and the physical, chemical, and biological processes taking place inside the body …

Cigarette butts in two urban areas from Brazil: Links among environmental impacts, demography and market

VV Ribeiro, TC Lopes, MA dos Santos Pinto… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental impacts are currently linked to smoking cigarette behavior, as cigarette butts
(CBs) represent the most common litter item in natural areas. Despite this, even the best …

Indexing method for assessment of pollution potential of leachate from non-engineered landfill sites and its effect on ground water quality

R Rana, R Ganguly, AK Gupta - Environmental monitoring and …, 2018 - Springer
Dumping of solid waste in a non-engineered landfill site often leads to contamination of
ground water due to leachate percolation into ground water. The present paper assesses …

Leachate characterizations and pollution indices of active and closed unlined landfills in Malaysia

M Hussein, K Yoneda, ZM Zaki, A Amir - … nanotechnology, monitoring & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Leachate is one of the most serious environmental hazards associated with landfills
especially which are unlined and uncontrolled. Thus, this study aims to characterize and …