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Integrated Waste Management Options for New York City Municipal Solid Waste
Published in Nada Assaf-Anid, Hazardous and Industrial Wastes Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, 2001
The recent closing of New York City’s Fresh Kills landfill has resulted in the exportation of 13,000 tons per day of New York City Municipal Solid Waste to out-of-state landfills. This paper evaluates integrated waste management options for the city. The first option is source separation of the NYC MSW into two streams: (1) wet, organic food scraps and yard waste and (2) the remainder of the waste stream or the “dry” stream. The wet stream would be processed in a large-scale composting facility to produce a soil conditioner product. The dry stream would be subjected to a highly mechanized Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) which would use best available technology to separate recyclable material such as ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics, paper and glass. The remainder of the dry stream would then consist of non-recyclable hydrocarbons which could be used to generate electricity in a Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facility.
An evaluation of final disposal alternatives for municipal solid waste through life cycle assessment: A case of study in Colombia
Published in Cogent Engineering, 2021
Diana M Caicedo-Concha, John J Sandoval-Cobo, Anne Stringfellow, Ramon Fernando Colmenares-Quintero
LF: Conventional landfill; CO: Methane Oxidation through landfill covers; Cp+v: Biogas capture + venting; Cp+q: Biogas capture+ burning; Cp+Ae: Biogas capture+ energy use; CP: Composting; AD: Anaerobic digestion; IC: Incineration; LR: Leachate recirculation; LT: Leachate treatment; RE: Recycling; MBT: Mechanical and Biological Treatment; AnMBT: Anaerobic Mechanical and Biological Treatment; AeMBT: Aerobic Mechanical and Biological Treatment; MRF: Materials Recovery Facility.