title: A pilot and field investigation on mobility of PCDDs/PCDFs in landfill site with municipal solid waste incineration residue.
abstract: A field investigation by boring was carried out in a landfill site primarily with municipal solid waste incineration residue. From the collected core samples, vertical profiles of homologous content of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs) in the landfill layer were traced and the behavior of PCDDs/PCDFs was examined. In addition, a pilot-scale study was conducted on the PCDDs/PCDFs leached from incineration fly ash and the treated one using large landfill simulation columns (lysimeters) and the leaching behavior of PCDDs/PCDFs was examined. As a result, it was found that the coexistence of dissolved coloring constituents (DCCs), which might be composed of constituents like dissolved humic matters having strong affinity for hydrophobic organic pollutants, could enhance the leachability of PCDDs/PCDFs, thus contributing to the vertical movement and leaching behavior of PCDDs/PCDFs in the landfill layers of the incineration residue. Moreover, it is highly probable that DCCs derive from the unburned carbon in the bottom ash mixed and buried with the fly ash containing a high content of PCDDs/PCDFs.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. mosako@nies.go.jp
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osako
authors.forename: Yong-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong-Hoon
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006812:Humic Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D017745:Incineration; D010865:Pilot Projects; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis*; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D006812:Humic Substances; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D012989:Soil Pollutants