COMPARISON OF POLLUTING POTENTIALS OF LIQUID EMISSIONS FROM MBT PLANTS

SUMMARY: leachates from two waste management plants which include MBT and an associated landfill have been studied. Leachates have been sampled on different parts of the landfill, and, when possible, process waters have also been sampled. Classical parameters have been measured on all samples and values have been compared: between leachates of the same site, between sites, and to literature values. Leachates show different behaviours depending on the compound: some values are typical of young waste, while others are more representative of old, stabilized waste. 1