Volatile trace compounds released from municipal solid waste at the transfer stage: Evaluation of environmental impacts and odour pollution

Zhao, Yan; Lu, Wenjing; Wang, Hongtao

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.07.081

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“…In their current forms, the emerging issues could blight the potential advantages of transfer stations as there is real potential for some of these initial challenges to escalate into full-scale urban planning and public health challenges. As has been experienced in other jurisdictions around the world (Agus, Zhang & Sedlak,2012;Zhao et al, 2015).…”

Section: Waste Transfer Stations In Urban Africamentioning

confidence: 74%

“…Such situations are recurring and almost predictable annually with disastrous consequences. Climate change and associated changes in rainfall trends and intensity have complicated the situation by leaving in its wake insalubrious conditions that bring different disease outbreaks with significant repercussions for public health (Zhao et al, 2015). This is not just an Accra or Ghana story; it is a Sub-Saharan African urban reality that is playing out differently in different countries, different cities and different communities.…”

Section: Africa's Waste Crisis and The Sanitation Imperativementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Emissions from trucks converge with odor and particulate matter circulations from the waste materials to pollute the air within and beyond the locations of the stations (De Feo, De Gisi & Williams, 2013). Odorants coming from either waste in transit trucks or at the stations from stored waste materials awaiting transportation are considered volatile trace compounds with significant public health implications (Clavreul, Baumeister, Christensen, Damgaard 2014 ;Agus, Zhang, Sedlak, 2014;Zhao et al, 2015). Such compounds typically include Sulphur compounds, oxygenated compounds (alcohols aldehydes, ketones, acids and esters), aromatics, terpenes, halo-genated compounds and saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons.…”

Section: Transfer Stations: the Right Solutions For Africa?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Africa’s Urban Waste Management and Sanitation Challenges: Are Transfer Stations the Solution?

Manteaw¹,

Boachie²

2019

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Africa's urbanization processes are seen as both a challenge and an opportunity for sustainable development. While these processes unfold differently in diverse countries across the continent, it has become increasingly apparent that surge urbanization, population growth and the lack of effective planning for an efficient waste management system have brought in its wake other challenges that have significant implications for public health and sustainable development. Thus, much as urbanization has the potential to drive Africa's growth and sustainable development agenda, current happenings in most of Africa's cities, in particular, also signal the negative impact of rapid and unplanned urbanization on sustainable development processes. Waste and sanitation management have become an enduring urban challenge across Africa. They come with significant cost to people and governments and as the search for lasting solutions continue, Waste Transfer Stations have emerged as an efficient management technology which has been embraced and deployed in some countries. While it has received praises in some quarters as an innovative technology, there is concern that such praises have muted critical issues of pollution, odor nuisance, cultural incompatibility and public health challenges, which, for the most part, are unrecognized or underestimated. The question then becomes: are Waste Transfer Stations the solution to Africa's urban waste and sanitation challenges?

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Section: Waste Transfer Stations In Urban Africamentioning

confidence: 74%

Section: Africa's Waste Crisis and The Sanitation Imperativementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Transfer Stations: the Right Solutions For Africa?mentioning

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Africa’s Urban Waste Management and Sanitation Challenges: Are Transfer Stations the Solution?

Manteaw¹,

Boachie²

2019

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“…Mortality in patients having long term exposure to such odorous gases can be caused by obnoxious reactions like stress on physical as well as mental health which involve respiratory problems, anxiety headache, vomiting, irritation in eye and other health problems [3]; [14]; [16]; [17]; [18]; [28]; [36];. These issues have led to rising concerns and complaints for analysis of odour pollution [23]; [36]; [38].…”

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Dispersion Modelling of Odoriferous Compounds from Landfill

Ravendiran

Ojhab²,

Goswamib³

et al. 2019

IJRE

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Landfills contain vast quantities of waste as they are sites for deposition of a city's solid waste. This solid waste further undergoes the process of decomposition producing several byproducts such as odorous gases and volatile organic compounds. Both of these compounds have potential to severely damage physical and mental health of human. These components were analysed using AERMOD by United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). AERMOD needs uniform and horizontally consistent surface and upper air parameters of meteorology. Along with AERMOD, Landfill Gas Emission Model (LandGEM Version 3.02) was used to form an emission inventory. LandGEM analyses odorous gases and VOCs. The dispersion of odorous gases over areas adjacent to landfill of Pune, India has been estimated from information on advances in emission inventory and field monitoring operation. Four odorous gases namely Total Landfill gas, Methane, Carbon Dioxide and Non Methane Organic Compounds (NMOC) were detected at 17 discrete places and were found within permissible limits.

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“…Among the main techniques for the characterization of odour emissions, the sensorial methods, which use the human nose as sensor, allow the comprehension of the complexity of the odour mixture to analyze (Zhao et al, 2015;Sarkar and Hobbs, 2003). In particular, the dynamic olfactometry represents a widespread solution for the definition of odour concentrations, standardized by UNI EN 13725:2004(Zarra et al, 2012.…”

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confidence: 99%

Odour impact assessment of a large municipal solid waste landfill under different working phases

Naddeo¹,

Zarra²,

Oliva³

et al. 2018

Global NEST Journal

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<p>Odours are among the main causes of complaints in regards to environmental issues for a variety of plants, including landfills. The emissions from landfills can affect the quality of life and negatively influence the area nearby. To protect people living in the surroundings from excessive odour exposures, different environmental protection practices may be implemented. In order to optimize technical and economic aspects, various configurations should be taken into account. In this view, the odour dispersion modelling represents a suitable tool to simulate different scenarios. In the present study, the odour impact from a large landfill located in Borgo Montello (Lazio Region, Italy) has been assessed by a dispersion model. Different operating conditions were simulated, in view of minimizing the odour annoyance during the phase of temporary closure of an area of the investigated plant. The Calpuff model was selected as it is well recognized among the preferred models for assessing the long range transport of pollutants. The Odour Emission Rates, inputs to the model, were calculated based on the results of dynamic olfactometry. The outputs from the dispersion model were investigated to define the best measures for the control of the odour emissions during the most impactful operations.</p>

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Volatile trace compounds released from municipal solid waste at the transfer stage: Evaluation of environmental impacts and odour pollution

Cited by 62 publications

References 36 publications

Africa’s Urban Waste Management and Sanitation Challenges: Are Transfer Stations the Solution?

Africa’s Urban Waste Management and Sanitation Challenges: Are Transfer Stations the Solution?

Dispersion Modelling of Odoriferous Compounds from Landfill

Odour impact assessment of a large municipal solid waste landfill under different working phases

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