Deonar dumping ground (DeDG) and Mulund dumping ground (MuDG) are two of the three dumping grounds servicing municipal solid waste in Mumbai, India. Total mercury (THg) concentration in top soil samples and leachate were investigated for the two dumping sites. THg concentration of top soil fro...
Excessive and inefficient utilization of material resources in society leads to a generation of increasing quantity of waste. The challenge of managing municipal solid waste is increasingly severe in urban areas, more so in megacities like Mumbai. In India, the urban population is increasing ...
In the last few decades, the overall growth of the population, urbanization level and economy of India has increased the amount of municipal solid waste generated in the country. The disposal of these wastes into landfills results in the emission of gases with a high global warming potential suc...
59.63%, 82.31%, and 88.40% for Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni, and Zn in Mumbai samples. Results indicate that the removal efficiency of heavy metals was greatly influenced by EDTA-molarity. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) confirmed the presence of hydroxyl group, which aids heavy metal chelat...
Mumbai is one of the most densely populated cities of India. Most of the generated waste is sent directly to the disposal sites. An average of 14,500 metric tonnes of solid waste is produced daily in Mumbai (MPCB, 2014). There, MSW composition consists of approximately 60% organics, 8%...
Composting enables microbial decomposition of biodegradable organic fractions of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and converts them into a valuable resource having profuse application in agriculture and horticulture. The efficiency of composting, primarily, would depend upon physico-chemico-biological properties...
Sahu, S. K., Pandit, G. G., & Sadasivan, S. (2004). Precipitation scavenging of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Mumbai, India.Science of the Total Environment, 318, 245–249. ArticleCASGoogle Scholar Shaw, M., Tibbetts, I. R., & Jochen, M. F. (2004). Monitoring PAHs in the...
3.4. Household Waste Composition in Cities It has been discussed that different waste compositions can come from household locations with changes due to cultural and technological activities and can vary across different continents and regions with time. In household waste, changes can depend on many ...