CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Challenging the belief that organic waste and plastic should be diverted from landfill on climate change grounds:
(Corresponding) Hutton B., Norrish M., Horan E.
Topic:
Solid waste management
Abstract Landfill is generally believed to have higher greenhouse gas emissions than composting or waste-to-energy. The EU Landfill Directive requires nations to progressively divert biodegradable waste away from landfill. Waste disposal in landfill is at the bottom of its Waste Hierarchy. Many...Read more
Lessons learned by modelling biogas production in an Italian state-of-the-art landfill active for 35 years
Folino A., Gentili E., Komilis D., (Corresponding) Calabrò P.
Topic:
Solid waste management
"Fossetto" landfill is in operation in the municipality of Monsummano Terme (Tuscany, Italy) since 1988, at its origin, it was used as a controlled landfill where mixed municipal solid waste, without any separate collection, was disposed of. Since 2003, a biogas recovery system is active...Read more
