Imperial College London
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Professor Nick Voulvoulis

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Professor of Environmental Technology
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7459n.voulvoulis Website

 
 
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Location

 

103Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Donovan:2010:10.3155/1047-3289.60.6.694,
author = {Donovan, SM and Bateson, T and Gronow, JR and Voulvoulis, N},
doi = {10.3155/1047-3289.60.6.694},
journal = {Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association},
pages = {694--701},
title = {Characterization of Compost-Like Outputs from Mechanical Biological Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3155/1047-3289.60.6.694},
volume = {60},
year = {2010}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Throughout the world, most municipal solid waste consists of biodegradable components. The most abundant biological component is cellulose, followed by hemicellulose and lignin. Recycling of these components is important for the carbon cycle. In an attempt to reduce the environmental impacts of biodegradable wastes, mechanical biological treatments (MBTs) are being used as a waste management process in many countries. MBT plants attempt to mechanically separate the biodegradable and nonbiodegradable components. The nonbiodegradable components are then sent for reprocessing or landfilled, whereas the biodegradable components are reduced in biological content through composting or anaerobic digestion, leaving a compost-like output (CLO). The further use of these partially degraded residues is uncertain, and in many cases it is likely that they will be landfilled. The implications of this for the future of landfill management are causing some concern because there is little evidence that the long-term emissions tail will be reduced. In this study, the CLOs from four different biological treatment processes were characterized for physical contamination through visual inspection and for biological content using a sequential digestion analysis. The results indicate that the composition of the incoming waste, dependent on the way the waste was collected/segregated, was the factor that influenced biological content most, with length of treatment process the second most important.
AU  - Donovan,SM
AU  - Bateson,T
AU  - Gronow,JR
AU  - Voulvoulis,N
DO  - 10.3155/1047-3289.60.6.694
EP  - 701
PY  - 2010///
SN  - 1047-3289
SP  - 694
TI  - Characterization of Compost-Like Outputs from Mechanical Biological Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste
T2  - Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3155/1047-3289.60.6.694
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VL  - 60
ER  -
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