State of Art of Landfill Leachate Treatment: Literature Review and Critical Evaluation

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X35239

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Leachate Treatment, Landfills, Solid Waste Management

Abstract

Population growth, especially in urban areas, combined with modern levels of social consumption, contribute for a significant increase of waste production. Among the environmental impacts resulting from the operation of landfills, the generation of leachate is certainly one of the most significant and most difficult to control. The composition of leachate is complex and varied; it contains physicochemical and biological characteristics that are aggressive to the soil, water resources, fauna and flora. The technical and operational difficulties to handle it are challenges for waste managers. There are several methods to treat leachate which are widely debated in the literature, each having advantages and disadvantages. The present paper has the objective of carrying out a bibliographical review of leachate treatment from landfills, addressing the main technologies, as well as discussing their applications, advantages, disadvantages and uncertainties. According to what was studied, the technologies that have been found to have the best practical results and, in general, reach the parameters for treated effluent provided for environmental legislations, are those that use filtering membranes. However, one of the major disadvantages of these processes is the generation of a concentrate, which is normally recirculated in the landfill itself.

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Marcelo Lippi, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ

Bacharel em Engenharia de Recursos Hídricos e Meio Ambiente na Universidade Federal Fluminense (2018). Bolsista do Programa Ciências Sem Fronteira na University of Technology of Sydney (2017) nos programas de graduação e pós-graduação de Engenharia Ambiental e Civil. Tem experiência no setor de tratamento de resíduos e efluentes. É assessor técnico e comercial na empresa AST Soluções e Tecnologias em Meio Ambiente, onde atua diretamente com o dessalinização e tratamento de lixiviado de aterros sanitários através de equipamentos de osmose reversa.

Michelle Bellas Romariz Gaudie Ley, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ

Mestranda em Engenharia de Biossistemas na Universidade Federal Fluminense. Bacharel em Engenharia de Bioprocessos pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2016). Bolsista do Programa Ciências sem Fronteiras como estudante visitante em Engenharia Bioquímica - University of California, Irvine (2014). Áreas de especialização: análise tecnológica, prospectiva e computacional para o aproveitamento de resíduos e águas; planejamento estratégico para gestão de resíduos.

Gabriel Pinna Mendez, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca - CEFET/RJ

Mestre em Engenharia Civil pelo Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Engenharia - Coppe/UFRJ (2017), área de concentração - Recursos Hídricos e Meio Ambiente; linha de pesquisa - Geotecnia Ambiental. Especialista em Defesa Química, Biológica e Nuclear pela Escola de Instrução Especializada - ESIE (2009). Graduado em Engenharia de Recursos Hídricos e do Meio Ambiente pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (2013) e Bacharel em Ciências Militares pela Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras - AMAN (2005).  É Professor do CEFET/RJ (Departamento de Engenharia Ambiental - DEAMB).  Atuou  como Engenheiro Sanitarista da prefeitura municipal de Niterói-RJ, lotado na secretaria de meio ambiente, recursos hídricos e sustentabilidade do município. Membro do Grupo de Estudos em Tratamento de Resíduos Sólidos - GETRES da COPPE/UFRJ. Durante os anos de 2006 a 2014 foi oficial de carreira (Artilharia) do Exército Brasileiro, atuando como gestor ambiental e fiscal de obras de Organizações Militares

Ricardo Abranches Felix Cardoso Junior, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ

Possui Graduação em Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental pela Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF - (2005), Mestrado em Engenharia de Transportes pelo Instituto Militar de Engenharia - IME - (2007), pós-graduado em Engenharia de Segurança do Trabalho - UFF - (2009) e Doutorado em Planejamento Energético / Ambiental pelo Programa de Planejamento Energético da COPPE/UFRJ (2014). Atuou na Concremat Ambiental, Coordenando  estudos ambientais de Sistemas de Transmissão de Energia; Atualmente é Professor Adjunto II da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Professor Convidado da FGV (MBA em Gestão de Projetos do Setor Elétrico) Professor Convidado da PUC-RIO (Mestrado em Engenharia Urbana e Ambiental) Tem experiência nas áreas de Engenharia Ambiental, Engenharia de Segurança do Trabalho, Licenciamento Ambiental (Estudo de Impacto Ambiental, Plano Básico Ambiental, Inventário Florestal, Gerenciamento de Obras, execução de programas ambientais, Fiscalização Ambiental e Fiscalização de Segurança do Trabalho e Saúde Ocupacional), Due Diligence, Orçamentação de produtos ambientais, Auditoria, Perícia, Avaliação de Desempenho e Desenvolvimento de Produtos Sustentáveis

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2018-03-27

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Lippi, M., Ley, M. B. R. G., Mendez, G. P., & Cardoso Junior, R. A. F. (2018). State of Art of Landfill Leachate Treatment: Literature Review and Critical Evaluation. Ciência E Natura, 40, e78. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X35239

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CIÊNCIA E NATURA, V. 40, 2018

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Environment

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