Landfill fire and airborne aerosols in a large city: lessons learned and future needs

Morales, Gladys; Toro, A Richard; Morales, Luis; Leiva, A G Manuel

doi:10.1007/s11869-017-0522-8

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“…MSW are not separated at source in Nigeria. Consequently considerable quantities of plastics end up at the dumpsites where it becomes fuel of landfill/dumpsite fires with associated releases and exposure [58][59][60]. Other plastic products have currently a similar end of life fate including the plastics and polymer foams from products such as waste from EEE (WEEE) and EoL vehicles [26,53,61].…”

Section: Plastic Use and The Resulting Wastesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ensuring sustainability in plastics use in Africa: consumption, waste generation, and projections

et al. 2019

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Background: Currently, plastic is at the top of the international agenda for waste management. Recent meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel and the Stockholm Conventions have expressed concerns over the impact of plastic waste, marine plastic litter, and microplastics, and emphasised the importance of reducing consumption and ensuring the environmentally sound management of waste plastics. This study presents the first continental historical analysis of mass importation and consumption of different polymers and plastics (primary and secondary forms, respectively) in Africa and the associated pollution potential. We identified, collated and synthesised dispersed international trade data on the importation of polymers and plastics into several African countries. Results: The 33 African countries (total population of 856,671,366) with available data for more than 10 years imported approximately 86.14 Mt of polymers in primary form and 31.5 Mt of plastic products between 1990 and 2017. Extrapolating to the continental level (African population of 1.216 billion in 54 countries), about 172 Mt of polymers and plastics valued at $285 billion were imported between 1990 and 2017. Considering also the components of products, an estimated 230 Mt of plastics entered Africa during that time period, with the largest share going to Egypt (43 Mt, 18.7%), Nigeria (39 Mt, 17.0%), South Africa (27 Mt, 11.7%), Algeria (26 Mt, 11.3%), Morocco (22 Mt, 9.6%), and Tunisia (16 Mt, 7.0%). Additionally, primary plastic production in 8 African countries contributed 15 Mt during 2009-2015. The assessment showed that environmentally sound end-of-life management of waste plastics by recycling and energy recovery is in its infancy in Africa, but recycling activities and thermal recovery have started in a few countries. Conclusions: Globally, the perception is that production and consumption of plastics can only increase in the future. Solutions are needed to tackle this global challenge. Certain policies and plastic bag bans could help reduce plastic consumption in the near future, as demonstrated by Rwanda. Furthermore, there is a need for innovative solutions such as the introduction of biodegradable polymers and other alternatives, especially for packaging.

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Section: Plastic Use and The Resulting Wastesmentioning

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Ensuring sustainability in plastics use in Africa: consumption, waste generation, and projections

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“…The hazards of damaged LIBs are in addition to conventional landfill fires, which produce a mixture of toxic gases and smoke 77,93 consisting of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) [94][95][96] , dioxins/furans [97][98][99][100][101] , volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 102,103 , heavy metals 104,105 polychlorinated biphenyls or organochlorine pesticides 104 and finally, particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 2.5 μm 106,107 . Subsurface fires favour the generation of harmful gases such as CO, SO 2 or H 2 S 77 -some of these gases are also generated within burning batteries [19][20][21][22][23][24] .…”

Section: Landfill Firesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental impacts, pollution sources and pathways of spent lithium-ion batteries

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Rajaeifar

Heidrich

et al. 2021

Energy Environ. Sci.

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“…A dense smoke covering an area of about 10 km 2 around the landfill was observed for more than a week (Chrysikou et al, 2008). A similar fire incident at the Santa Marta landfill, Santiago, America was reported on 15 January 2016, and as a result, dense smoke of the fire extended up to 32 km from the place of the fire, which was extinguished in 8 days (Morales et al, 2018). In Poland, the annual incidences of fires in one of the largest landfills and waste storage yard have tripled from 23 in 2010 to 79 in 2018 (KG PSP, 2020).…”

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confidence: 66%

“…Pollutants like polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofurans get released into the air due to landfill fires (Ruokojarvi et al, 1995). On 15 January 2016, a fire incident occurred at the Santa Marta landfill, Santiago, America due to which PM 2.5 concentrations were found to be 1000 μg/m 3 at the landfill site and 200 μg/m 3 at a distance of 20 km from the landfill (Morales et al, 2018).…”

Section: Effect Of Landfill Fire On Human Health and The Environmentmentioning

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Detection and extinguishment approaches for municipal solid waste landfill fires: A mini review

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Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is getting more attention in the present scenario. Even though various technologies like incineration, gasification, pyrolysis and waste-to-energy plants have been developed, landfills are still the major disposal option for MSW management. MSW at landfill creates issues that are highlighted at a global level like the fire at Deonar dumping site in Mumbai, India was visible and captured by the space satellites, leading to environmental pollution. Detection and extinguishment of landfill fires at surface and sub-surface in their early stages are the major concern. Thermal imaging camera can be used to know solar radiation effect by identifying the hotspots during the day and the night time for understanding aerobic degradation effect on the surface fire. Sub-surface gas concentrations and its combinations affecting the temperature gradient can be studied for a better understanding of sub-surface fires in their early stages. The use of class ‘A’ foams with water, which reduces the surface tension of water, can be carried out for landfill fire extinguishment. The application of water in the form of water fog will extract a large amount of heat and block the availability of oxygen for the fire. This mini review presents the sources of fuel, heat, oxidant for landfill fire and its development process, associated pollution on air, water, land and human health due to landfill fire and methods for its extinguishment possibilities.

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Landfill fire and airborne aerosols in a large city: lessons learned and future needs

Cited by 40 publications

References 38 publications

Ensuring sustainability in plastics use in Africa: consumption, waste generation, and projections

Ensuring sustainability in plastics use in Africa: consumption, waste generation, and projections

Environmental impacts, pollution sources and pathways of spent lithium-ion batteries

Detection and extinguishment approaches for municipal solid waste landfill fires: A mini review

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