title: An innovative combined on-site process for the remote rural solid waste treatment--a pilot scale case study in China.
abstract: The aim of this study was to find a feasible method for the treatment of solid waste generated in the remote rural, where the transportation costs are prohibitive and the resources to construct and maintain conventional treatment plants are not available. This process, consisted of two types of simulated bioreactor landfill (one was recirculated bioreactor landfill, and the other was comprised of fresh and aged refuse reactor) and a soil infiltration system, was operated in ambient temperature for 180 days all together. After treated by the system of fresh and aged refuse reactor, the refuse and leachate reached a strongly degraded and stable state. The remaining leachate can be treated by the soil infiltration system, and 87.5 ± 2.1%, 98.6 ± 1.0% and 95.7 ± 1.7% were achieved by 60 cm soil depths for organic matter, ammonium nitrogen and total nitrogen removal, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.
authors.forename: Wen-Bing
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Ping-Ping
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Cheng-Ran
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Dong-Sheng
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D002681:China; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D012424:Rural Population; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D009584:Nitrogen