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The present study centered on the composition of landfill gas and its effects on soil and plants at the Gin Drinkers' Bay (GDB) landfill in Hong Kong This first part of the study was a whole-year monitoring of landfill gas composition in the gas ventilation system installed on top of the landfill Methane, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and ethylene were measured It was shown that gas generation was positively correlated with the amount of precipitation and air temperature and negatively correlated with atmospheric pressure
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Wong, M.H., Yu, C.T. Monitoring of Gin Drinkers' Bay landfill, Hong Kong: I. Landfill gas on top of the landfill. Environmental Management 13, 743–752 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01868313
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