title: Speciation and removal of zinc from composted municipal solid wastes.
abstract: This paper presents composting of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste containing 50,000 mg/kg of cellucotton and 7980 mg/kg of zinc carried out under laboratory conditions. In the initial material as well as the compost obtained, zinc, cadmium, copper, nickel, and lead were analyzed, and their forms were determined by means of sequential extraction. It was found that 65% of zinc occurs in the organically bound form. Removal of zinc from the waste through leaching and subsequent electrochemical separation from the leaching solution was also examined. A double extraction of the waste with sodium diphosphate(V) enables a reduction of zinc content to 1240 mg/kg. As a result of electrolysis of the leaching solution, 90.2% of Zn is separated on the cathode. This paper suggests a method for processing municipal solid waste with high zinc content based on extraction of the waste with sodium diphosphate(V) and composting. The leaching solution is recovered electrochemically.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Inorganic Technology and Electrochemistry and Institute of Water and Wastewater Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Korolewicz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ciba
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cebula
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D011756:Diphosphates / Q000737:chemistry; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011756:Diphosphates; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D015032:Zinc; C003319:sodium pyrophosphate