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Treatment of Leachate of Landfills Using Filters of Ceramic Waste and Scrap Rubber Waste

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The toxic components of landfills are a major threat to the environment and human health. The present study investigates the impacts of ceramic and rubber waste on the leachate quality and treatment performance to eliminate harmful components. In this process, ten identical columns of waste rubber, ceramics, and geotextiles of different thicknesses were used as filter materials for the leachate. Then, a physic-chemical analysis was carried out on the filtered water. The results showed that the physical and chemical factors decrease with the increase in the thickness of the ceramic waste layer. Therefore, these physical and chemical parameters of the water generated from cells containing scrap rubber waste with dimensions of 0.2 mm are lower than those with dimensions of 4 mm. The permeability factor in the cells increases with the thickness of both types of scrap rubber waste. Column 4 gives good results on both physical and chemical parameters and permeability. Column 5 without scrap rubber waste gives better physical and chemical parameters but poor results in terms of permeability factor. The results showed that rubber waste and ceramic powder waste could be used as low-cost layers of leachate filters in landfills to mitigate negative environmental impacts.

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This work was supported by PRFU project code A01L02UN010120200004 and the Civil Engineering and Environmental Laboratory of the University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria.

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  2. LGCE, Environmental and Civil Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Technology, Sidi Bel Abbes University, BP 89, DZ-22000, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria

    Benamar Balegh & Hamid Sellaf

  3. Civil Engineering and Hydraulic Department, Faculty of Technology, Saida University, BP 138, DZ-20000, Saida, Algeria

    Hamid Sellaf

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Balegh, B., Sellaf, H. Treatment of Leachate of Landfills Using Filters of Ceramic Waste and Scrap Rubber Waste. Water Air Soil Pollut 233, 526 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-06004-x

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