Measuring organic carbon, nutrients and heavy metals in rivers receiving leachate from controlled and uncontrolled municipal solid waste landfills

• Main Authors: Yusof, Norjan, Haraguchi, Akira, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Othman, Mohd Ridzuan, Wakisaka, Minato, Shirai, Yoshihito
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15572/1/Measuring%20organic%20carbon%2C%20nutrients%20and%20heavy%20metals%20in%20rivers%20receiving%20leachate%20from%20controlled%20and%20uncontrolled%20municipal%20solid%20waste%20landfills.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15572/

Since landfilling is the common method of waste disposal in Malaysia, river water is greatly exposed to the risk of contamination from leachate unless proper leachate management is carried out. In this study, leachates from three different types of landfills, namely active uncontrolled, active contr...