Search Results - subject:"Landfill"

A study of product weight and collection rate in closed-loop supply chains with recycling

Shi, Wenbo; Min, K. Jo - In: IEEE transactions on engineering management : EM 60 (2013) 2, pp. 409-423

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A material flow-based approach for the economic assessment of alternative landfill mining concepts

Diener, Anna; Kieckhäfer, Karsten; Spengler, Thomas Stefan - In: First International Conference on Resource Efficiency …, (pp. 362-373). 2013

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A dynamic assessment of Italian landfill taxes

Biolcati Rinaldi, Dario; Nicolli, Francesco; Turchi, … - In: Waste management in spatial environments, (pp. 9-27). 2013

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Identifying flood-prone landfills at different spatial scales

Neuhold, C. - In: Natural Hazards 65 (2013) 3, pp. 2015-2030

contamination and adverse health effects. During recent flood events, numerous landfill sites were reportedly exposed to inundations …

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Identifying flood-prone landfills at different spatial scales

Neuhold, C. - In: Natural Hazards 68 (2013) 3, pp. 1425-1440

contamination and adverse health effects. During recent flood events, numerous landfill sites were reportedly exposed to inundations …

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The valuation of landfill disamenities in Birmingham

Ham, Yun-Ju; Maddison, David J.; Elliott, Robert J.R. - In: Ecological Economics 85 (2013) C, pp. 116-129

The disposal of waste by landfill generates community concerns, during both site operations and following the cessation … nearest active landfill site this paper presents a study for Birmingham in England in which properties are simultaneously … located close to numerous active and historical landfill sites. Accounting for the proximity of historical landfill sites …

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First and second law analyses to an energetic valorization process of biogas

Carolino, Cristina Guedes; Ferreira, Medeiros; Paulo, João - In: Renewable Energy 59 (2013) C, pp. 58-64

The limitations in the world sources of energy are being mitigated by the exploitation of renewable forms and by increases in the efficiency of energy utilization. Exergy analysis is a useful method for the design, evaluation, and improvement of energy systems, that uses conservation of mass and...

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Are Risk Regulators Rational? Evidence from Hazardous Waste Cleanup Decisions

Viscusi, W. Kip; Hamilton, James T. - 2013

Using original data on the cleanup of 130 hazardous waste sites, we examine the degree Superfund decisions are driven by efficiency concerns, biases in risk perceptions, and political factors. Target risk levels chosen by regulators are largely a function of political variables and risk...

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An overview for energy recovery from municipal solid wastes (MSW) in Malaysia scenario

Noor, Zainura Zainon; Yusuf, Rafiu Olasunkanmi; Abba, … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 20 (2013) C, pp. 378-384

sources of cheaper and cleaner landfill gas (LFG). 310,225t of methane were emitted from the MSW landfills in 2010 with carbon …

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Biogas from MSW landfill: Composition and determination of chlorine content with the AOX (adsorbable organically bound halogens) technique

Rey, M.D.; Font, R.; Aracil, I. - In: Energy 63 (2013) C, pp. 161-167

An exhaustive characterization of the biogas from some waste disposal facilities has been carried out. The analysis includes the main components (methane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen) as well as trace components such as hydrogen sulphide, ammonia and VOCs (volatile organic compounds)...

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