Impact of food waste fraction in municipal solid waste on sorption of heavy metals

This research focused on the contents of the five most bio-toxic heavy metals, As, Cd, Hg, Cr, and Pb of 26 municipal solid waste (MSW) samples from the Eastern Guangdong Area. To investigate the apportion of the heavy metal source, Pearson correlation and principal component analysis (PCA) were introduced as major approaches. The health risks posed to MSW workers exposed to heavy metals in MSW were assessed using a Monte Carlo simulation combined with the US Environmental Protection Agency Health Risk Assessment Model. The As, Cd, Hg, Cr, and Pb contents of the east Guangdong MSW were (0.76 ± 0.75), (2.14 ± 4.44), (0.11 ± 0.14), (55.42 ± 31.88), and (30.67 ± 20.58) mg/kg, respectively. Hg, Cr, and Pb were potentially derived from glass, textile, food waste, and white plastic, while As and Cd were mainly derived from soil and food waste in the MSW. The non-carcinogenic risks of heavy metal in MSW exposure to MSW workers could be ignored. However, the heavy metals in MSW might pose carcinogenic risks, with the probabilities for male and female workers being 35% and 45%, respectively. The non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risk indices were slightly higher for female workers under the same exposure situations.

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184. Occupational Exposure of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Workers to Heavy Metals in Taiwan

10.3320/1.2763515 ◽

2000 ◽

Author(s):

C. Lee ◽

Y. Doong

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Occupational Exposure ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Waste Incineration ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Incineration

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The fate of heavy metals and salts during the wet treatment of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash

Waste Management ◽

10.1016/j.wasman.2020.11.049 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 121 ◽

pp. 33-41

Author(s):

Yanjun Hu ◽

Lingqin Zhao ◽

Yonghao Zhu ◽

Bennong Zhang ◽

Guixiang Hu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Bottom Ash ◽

Waste Incineration ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Incineration

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Energy Treatment of Solid Municipal Waste in Combination with Biomass by Decentralized Method with the Respect to the Negative Effects on the Environment

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13084405 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 4405

Author(s):

Miroslav Rimar ◽

Olha Kulikova ◽

Andrii Kulikov ◽

Marcel Fedak

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Process Analysis ◽

Combustion Process ◽

Municipal Waste ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Combustion Properties ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic ◽

Fuel Mixtures

Waste is a product of society and one of the biggest challenges for future generations is to understand how to sustainably dispose of large amounts of waste. The main objective of this study was to determine the possibility and conditions of the decentralized combustion of non-hazardous municipal waste. The analysis of the combustion properties of a mixture of wood chips and 20–30% of municipal solid waste showed an improvement in the operating parameters of the combustion process. Analysis also confirmed that the co-combustion of dirty fuels and biomass reduced the risk of releasing minerals and heavy metals from fuel into the natural environment. Approximately 55% of the heavy metals passed into the ash. The analysis of municipal solid waste and fuel mixtures containing municipal solid waste for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons showed the risk of increasing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in flue gases.

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An Experimental Study on the Melting Solidification of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Fly Ash

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13020535 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 535

Author(s):

Jing Gao ◽

Tao Wang ◽

Jie Zhao ◽

Xiaoying Hu ◽

Changqing Dong

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

High Temperature ◽

Fly Ash ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Liquid Slag ◽

Melting Process ◽

Waste Incineration ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Incineration ◽

Mswi Fly Ash

Melting solidification experiments of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash were carried out in a high-temperature tube furnace device. An ash fusion temperature (AFT) test, atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were applied in order to gain insight into the ash fusibility, the transformation during the melting process, and the leaching behavior of heavy metals in slag. The results showed that oxide minerals transformed into gehlenite as temperature increased. When the temperature increased to 1300 °C, 89 °C higher than the flow temperature (FT), all of the crystals transformed into molten slag. When the heating temperatures were higher than the FT, the volatilization of the Pb, Cd, Zn, and Cu decreased, which may have been influenced by the formation of liquid slag. In addition, the formation of liquid slag at a high temperature also improved the stability of heavy metals in heated slag.

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Determination of Residual Heavy Metals in an Incinerator Bottom Ash from Municipal Solid Waste Power Plant

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.901.65 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 901 ◽

pp. 65-71

Author(s):

Woravith Chansuvarn

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Power Plant ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Microwave Digestion ◽

Bottom Ash ◽

Flame Atomic Absorption ◽

Digestion Technique ◽

Relative Standard ◽

Copper Zinc

Bottom ash is a part of by-product from the municipal solid waste power plants which is always a wider problem for the urban and rural communities due to its disposal plants may cause serious environmental pollution. This work was focused on the residual heavy metal in an incinerator bottom ash from the municipal waste power plant placed in Nongkham district, Bangkok. Four bottom ash samples were obtained in 2017. After drying and grounding, the bottom ash samples were prepared to clear solution with the microwave digestion technique using nitric, hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acid under the heating program. The total residual heavy metals in the incinerator bottom ashes, such as lead, copper, zinc, and cadmium were determined by using flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (FAAS) with deuterium background correction. The total concentration of lead, copper, zinc and cadmium were found in the range of 280.40-354.22mg kg-1, 365.35-524.45 mg kg-1, 1,527.25-2,074.34 mg kg-1, and 0.48-1.02 mg kg-1, respectively. The recovery of all metals was found in the range of 89.4-101.2% and the relative standard deviation (RSD) was to be 2.15-3.55 % (n=7). The concentration of zinc, copper, and lead was found high levels, while cadmium was low concentration. Heavy metals in solid waste material occur in different chemical forms and phases. The sample preparation based on the microwave digestion was successfully developed for the waste samples with a good reliability.

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