Leachate Quality from Landfilled MBT Waste

In recent times there's been a trend towards MSW leachates from Sanitary Landfills internationally getting more similar nonetheless, as Mechanical Biological Treatment is increasingly implemented and more Mechnanically Sorted Organic Residues [also called "residual waste"] is produced in the supply area for a rubbish heap, so that the leachate quality of the rubbish heap will change. 

If you were hoping to learn of a major decrease in the polluting potential of leachate produced from MSOR, from the bulk of sources, then this paper will dissatisfy you. That's clear from the source for this info, which is the work done by a UK research team during 2005, which was financed by the United Kingdom Environment Agency. The only really pleasant news is that typically, though not always, for all of the sources analyzed by Robinson, Knox, Bone, and Picken ; longer composting ( as an element of MBT processes ) did cut back the potential of the leachate produced. Sadly, hard COD values weren't found to have been reduced by MBT processing, and allegedly might be 2 to 4 times stronger than for equivalent leachate from MSW landfills, which should be a significant concern for the environment, and comprise high leachate treatment costs. Such leachates are also described as continuing for ; "at least several decades".

The sole consistent advantage reported is that leachate from MBT / MSOR wastes placed in methanogenic landfills don't reach the tops seen in Sanitary Landfills for non-pretreated MSW, in the first acetogenic stage. Hence the on-site or off-site treatment of the leachate may be simpler to achieve. Additionally, when effective MBT processes are applied, these can reduce concentrations of trace organics, and of Ammoniacal-N in leachates.

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Leachate Quality from Landfilled MBT Waste