Contemporary environmental issues of landfill leachate: Assessment and remedies

• Main Authors: Mukherjee, S., Mukhopadhyay, S., Hashim, M.A., Sen Gupta, B.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis 2015
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/11513/1/pre_2014_Crit_Rev_Contemporary_environmental_issues_of_landfill_leachate_assessment_%26_remedies.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/11513/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2013.876524

AbstractLandfills are the primary option for waste disposal all over the world. Most of the landfill sites across the world are old and are not engineered to prevent contamination of the underlying soil and groundwater by the toxic leachate. The pollutants from landfill leachate have accumulative an...