Landfills have historically been seen as the ultimate solution for storing waste at minimum
cost. It is now a well-known fact that such deposits have related implications such as long …

Much research has focused on improving the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) to
obtain usable energy. Pyrolysis technology can not only reduce the volume of MSW, but also …

Although landfill is suspected to be releasing microplastics to the environment, there is few
empirical researches carried out. To clarify suspicions of landfills as potential sources of …

The main objective of “Enhanced landfill mining” is the valorization of the excavated waste
materials that have been stored in the landfill. Previous landfill mining projects have shown …

Landfill mining (LFM) is excavating and processing legacy waste to recover secondary
resources. This study reviews the technologies used for excavation and processing of the …

In Europe over 5.25 billion tonnes of waste has been landfilled between 1995 and 2015.
Among this large amount of waste, plastic represents typically 5–25 wt% which is significant …

Landfill mining is an environmentally-friendly technology that combines the concepts of
material recycling and sustainable waste management, and it has received a great deal of …

In the last decade landfill mining (LFM) has gained particular attention due to the possibility
of resource recovery from landfills. However, landfills consist mainly of soil-like material …

The Global Casino is an introduction to environmental issues which deals both with the
workings of the physical environment and with the political, economic and social frameworks …

This study reviews the articles in a special volume of Journal of Cleaner Production on
urban mining and landfill mining, identifying what is seen as relevant for exploring the …