<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>After the implementation of a new waste management system, in which recycling is the most dominating process, landfill disposal still appears to be the most popular method of waste management in Poland, in which waste undergoes gradual decomposition and the influence of climate conditions, for example, air and atmospheric fallout, leads to the production of leachate and biogas emissions, which contribute to continual threats to the natural environment and humans. The above-mentioned threats can be limited by applying suitable techniques of waste treatment before its disposal. A technology that is oriented to these aims is a mechanical biological treatment (MBT) before disposal.</p><p>The above-mentioned technology results is waste stabilisation and reduction of pollutant emissions. Additionally, it allows to increase the recovery of materials for recycling and to reduce the mass of waste. Finally, it is environmentally friendly.</p></abstract>

After the implementation of a new waste management system, in which recycling is the most dominating process, landfill disposal still appears to be the most popular method of waste management in Poland, in which waste undergoes gradual decomposition and the influence of climate conditions, for example, air and atmospheric fallout, leads to the production of leachate and biogas emissions, which contribute to continual threats to the natural environment and humans. The above-mentioned threats can be limited by applying suitable techniques of waste treatment before its disposal. A technology that is oriented to these aims is a mechanical biological treatment (MBT) before disposal.The above-mentioned technology results is waste stabilisation and reduction of pollutant emissions. Additionally, it allows to increase the recovery of materials for recycling and to reduce the mass of waste. Finally, it is environmentally friendly.

Direct landfill disposal versus Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT)

Mgr Katarzyna Kulhawik - Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Dzięgielowa 27 St., 61 - 680 Poznań

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

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After the implementation of a new waste management system, in which recycling is the most dominating process, landfill disposal still appears to be the most...

Direct landfill disposal versus Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT)

Published Online: Sep 24, 2016

Page range: 19 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2016-0015

Keywords
landfill, biogas, leachate, threats to the environment, mechanical-biological processing (MBP), recovery, safe disposal

© 2016 Katarzyna Kulhawik, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Direct landfill disposal versus Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT)

Published Online: Sep 24, 2016

Page range: 19 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2016-0015

Keywordslandfill, biogas, leachate, threats to the environment, mechanical-biological processing (MBP), recovery, safe disposal

© 2016 Katarzyna Kulhawik, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
landfill, biogas, leachate, threats to the environment, mechanical-biological processing (MBP), recovery, safe disposal