[HTML][HTML] Landfill impacts on the environment

MD Vaverková - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Waste management (WM) is a demanding undertaking in all countries, with important
implications for human health, environmental preservation, sustainability and circular …

[HTML][HTML] Potential environmental and human health risks caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB), antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and emerging contaminants …

U Anand, B Reddy, VK Singh, AK Singh, KK Kesari… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) directly at landfills or open dump areas,
without segregation and treatment, is a significant concern due to its hazardous contents of …

[HTML][HTML] Coastal landfills and rising sea levels: A challenge for the 21st century

RJ Nicholls, RP Beaven, A Stringfellow… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Populated coastal areas worldwide have a legacy of numerous solid waste disposal sites. At
the same time, mean sea level is rising and likely to accelerate, increasing flooding and/or …

The distribution, behavior, and release of macro-and micro-size plastic wastes in solid waste disposal sites

X Fei, H He, X Pi, X Lu, Q Chen, J Ma… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Sanitary landfills and uncontrolled dumpsites are plastic wastes (PWs) reservoirs
containing∼ 60% of all the plastics ever made, amounting to 5,000× 106 tons as of 2017 …

Potential pollution risks of historic landfills on low‐lying coasts and estuaries

JH Brand, KL Spencer, FT O'shea… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, it was common practice to dispose of landfill waste in low‐lying estuarine and
coastal areas where land had limited value due to flood risk. Such 'historic landfills' are …

Marine pollution from pyroplastics

A Turner, C Wallerstein, R Arnold, D Webb - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Items of marine plastic litter are conventionally classified as primary or secondary,
depending on whether they are distinct objects or angular fragments, respectively.“ …

[HTML][HTML] Resin-based composite materials: elution and pollution

S Mulligan, PV Hatton, N Martin - British Dental Journal, 2022 - nature.com
Pollution arises from all human activity and the provision of oral healthcare using resin-
based composite restorative materials (RBCs) should be considered. This paper aims to …

Environmental pitfalls and associated human health risks and ecological impacts from landfill leachate contaminants: Current evidence, recommended interventions …

V Gunarathne, AJ Phillips, A Zanoletti… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The improper management of solid waste, particularly the dumping of untreated municipal
solid waste, poses a growing global challenge in both developed and developing nations …

[HTML][HTML] Cleaner seas: reducing marine pollution

KA Willis, C Serra-Gonçalves, K Richardson… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2022 - Springer
In the age of the Anthropocene, the ocean has typically been viewed as a sink for pollution.
Pollution is varied, ranging from human-made plastics and pharmaceutical compounds, to …

Application of high-dimensional uniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP) to cluster existing landfills on the basis of geographical and environmental …

TT Yu, CY Chen, TH Wu, YC Chang - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to extreme conditions, which are influenced by the location of landfills, the release of
pollutants has been recently proven to be more severe in estuary landfills, as these landfill …