Municipal solid waste management and landfilling technologies: a review

Sonil Nanda; Franco Berruti

doi:10.1007/s10311-020-01100-y

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Municipal solid waste management and landfilling technologies: a review

Sonil Nanda

Franco Berruti

Environmental Chemistry Letters Vol. 19 No. 2 pp. 1433-1456 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Sep 23, 2020
Vol/Issue: 19(2)
Pages: 1433-1456
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Sonil Nanda

Department of Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada

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Franco Berruti

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR), Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada

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Sonil Nanda, Franco Berruti (2020). Municipal solid waste management and landfilling technologies: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 19(2), 1433-1456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-01100-y

Municipal solid waste management and landfilling technologies: a review

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