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Modern Landfilling Approaches for Waste Disposal and Management

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Solid waste has become a characteristic pollutant in the native surroundings, and it is necessary to understand the sources of the pollution properly. Mainly, organic waste is generated by low-to-medium-income people while more metals, glasses, and wastepaper are produced by high population area. Municipal solid waste management involves recycling, burning, conversion of waste to electricity, composting, or waste disposal. In many communities around the world, landfills for solid waste disposal are preferred. Deposits operate as ecological reactors in which waste is transformed physically, chemically, and biologically. This chapter covers the impact of modern landfills and the generation of municipal solid waste from different sectors and their management.

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  1. Department of Environmental Microbiology, School for Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Pooja Sharma

  2. Department of Agri, Microbiology, College of Agriculture, Indra Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, India

    Ravindra Soni

  3. Chemical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (PG) College, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, India

    Sudhir Kumar Srivastava

  4. Department of Botany, Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (PG) College, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, India

    Surendra Pratap Singh

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Sharma, P., Soni, R., Srivastava, S.K., Singh, S.P. (2022). Modern Landfilling Approaches for Waste Disposal and Management. In: Suyal, D.C., Soni, R. (eds) Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86169-8_10

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