New Municipal Solid Waste Processing Technology Reduces Volume and Provides Beneficial Reuse Applications for Soil Improvement and Dust Control

Torbert, H. Allen; Gebhart, Dick L.; Busby, Ryan R.

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“…It is estimated that the U.S. Army generated more than 1.4 million metric tonnes of solid waste during the 2009 fiscal year (Solid Waste Annual Reporting Memorandum, 2011). Presently, the Army operates 16 active landfills that have <10 yr of useful life, with an estimated cost of landfilling exceeding $140 million annually (Torbert et al, 2011). Although the majority of these military landfills on installations are near capacity, permits for construction of new landfills are nearly impossible to obtain.…”

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Ecosystem Biomass, Carbon, and Nitrogen Five Years after Restoration with Municipal Solid Waste

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Escalating municipal solid waste generation coupled with decreasing landfi ll space needed for disposal has increased the pressure on military installations to evaluate novel approaches to handle this waste. One approach to alleviating the amount of municipal solid waste being landfi lled is the use of a new garbage-processing technology that sterilizes and separates waste into inorganic and organic components. Th us, a study was initiated to evaluate the eff ectiveness of using the organic component (Fluff ) as a soil amendment for establishing native prairie grasses on disturbed U.S. Army training land. Th e Fluff material was incorporated (10-20 cm) into a highly degraded sandy loam soil located in a borrow pit at Fort Benning Military Reservation, GA, in 2003. Th e Fluff was applied at rates of 0, 18, 36, 72, and 143 Mg ha -1 and seeded with native prairie grasses to assess its eff ect on aboveground and belowground biomass production and C and N cycling aft er 5 yr. An unseeded control (no Fluff ) treatment was also evaluated as a comparison of natural recovery. Aft er 5 yr, revegetation resulting from natural recovery in the unseeded control was sparse. However, Fluff addition improved native grass establishment, with greater biomass production being observed with increasing rates. Fluff addition also decreased soil bulk density and increased soil C and N concentrations. Th ese results show that Fluff can be eff ectively used in land rehabilitation and revegetation practices as well as to improve C and N cycling of highly degraded soils for periods exceeding 5 yr aft er application.

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Innovations in Recycling for Sustainable Management of Solid Wastes

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Rapid generation and accumulation of waste in developing countries is due to the increase in development, urbanization, industrialization, poor government policies, and population explosion. Various kinds of waste are produced in the developing countries but due to non-availability of ecofriendly environmental techniques, lack of resources, or the technical expertise, it is becoming difficult to treat the waste at the disposal sites. Most of the waste produced in developing countries is directly disposed to the landfills without any proper sorting and segregation, where it produces greenhouse gases, thus results in global warming. Recycling and composting is helpful in reducing the volume of the waste and producing valuable products which can have multiple applications. Thus, the requirement is to manage the waste by implementing strict laws, increasing awareness, utilization of innovative, as well as latest techniques (global system of mobile, geographical information system) in order to control the growing menace of the solid waste in developing countries.

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New Municipal Solid Waste Processing Technology Reduces Volume and Provides Beneficial Reuse Applications for Soil Improvement and Dust Control

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Ecosystem Biomass, Carbon, and Nitrogen Five Years after Restoration with Municipal Solid Waste

Ecosystem Biomass, Carbon, and Nitrogen Five Years after Restoration with Municipal Solid Waste

Innovations in Recycling for Sustainable Management of Solid Wastes

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