“…Landfill leachate may include organic compounds such as benzene, toluene and phenol (Emenike et al, 2012;Aziz et al, 2010;Kulikowska and Klimiuk, 2008), mineral compounds such as Ca, Fe, Mn and Mg (Tatsi and Zouboulis, 2002) and Ag, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn (Mojiri et al, 2016;Gajski et al, 2012;Budi et al, 2016;Brennan et al, 2015;Amor et al, 2015;Hilles et al, 2015;Fauziah et al, 2013;Khattabi et al, 2002). Some of these metals are in a concentration higher than 1.0 mg L −1 (trace metals).…”