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Evaluation of the odour reduction potential of alternative cover materials at a commercial landfill
Date Issued
2010-02
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Abstract
The availability of virgin soils and traditional landfill covers are not only costly and increasingly becoming scarce, but they also reduce the storage capacity of landfill. The problem can be overcome by the utilisation of certain suitable waste streams as alternative landfill covers. The objective of this study was to assess the suitability of Construction & Demolition fines (C&D), Commercial & Industrial fines (C&I) and woodchip (WC) as potential landfill cover materials in terms of odour control. Background odour analysis was conducted to determine if any residual odour was emitted from the cover types. It was deemed negligible for the three materials. The odour reduction performance of each of the materials was also examined on an area of an active landfill site. A range of intermediate cover compositions were also studied to assess their performance. Odour emissions were sampled using a Jiang hood and analysed. Results indicate that the 200 mm deep combination layer of C&D and wood chip used on-site is adequate for odour abatement. The application of daily cover was found to result in effective reduction allowing for the background odour of woodchip.
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Other funder
Other Sponsorship
Enterprise Ireland and Greenstar under the Innovation Partnership Programme (Project No. IP-2005-0252).
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal
Bioresource Technology
Volume
101
Issue
4
Start Page
1115
End Page
1119
Copyright (Published Version)
2009 Elsevier Ltd.
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
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