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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Waste Management
  • Geochemistry

Background:

  • Municipal solid waste (MSW) requires effective treatment before landfilling to minimize environmental impact.
  • Mechanically-biological pretreatment (MBT) is a common method for stabilizing MSW.
  • Understanding the factors influencing MBT waste emissions is crucial for sustainable waste management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the parameters determining potential emissions from two different MBT wastes from Germany and Sweden.
  • To assess the effectiveness of MBT in stabilizing waste and reducing heavy metal mobility.
  • To investigate the relationship between waste composition, pretreatment, and landfill emissions.

Main Methods:

  • Laboratory-scale composting experiments.
  • Respiration activity, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC), and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) measurements.
  • Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and thermal analysis.
  • Batch leaching tests with deionized water.
  • Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of membrane fractionated leachates.

Main Results:

  • Increased stabilization during composting correlated with decreased respiration activity and improved leachate quality (lower COD, DOC, BOD5).
  • MBT pretreatment reduced the mobility of Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni), Lead (Pb), and Zinc (Zn), but increased Copper (Cu) mobility.
  • PCA revealed an affinity of Cu to mobile humic acids and dissolved organic carbon.
  • High concentrations of Cr, Zn, and Ni in solids were associated with high contents of solid humic acids.

Conclusions:

  • Composting effectiveness is best indicated by reduced respiration and improved leachate parameters.
  • MBT pretreatment alters heavy metal mobility, with notable increases in copper mobility.
  • Landfilling conditions in Germany versus Sweden will influence actual emissions and after-care duration due to differing requirements.