Landfilling of waste has increased dramatically over recent years and there have been many examples of landfills which are unacceptable on environmental and health grounds. This is one of a group of international reference books which address this problem, specifically in this case covering the strongly contaminated wastewater developed from landfills.Preface. List of contributors. Landfill leachate: an introduction. Leachate production and composition. Leachate treatment. Environmental aspects of leachate. Index.
...a comprehensive and informative selection of papers on most aspects of landfill gas - Waste PlanningT.H. Christensenis Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark.