Between 1977 and 2005 six large-scale failures of municipal solid waste dumps and
landfills have been recorded in the technical literature. The volumes of waste mobilized in …

The amount of municipal waste produced worldwide has seen a significant increase in
recent years. The need to store waste is a significant problem in the context of environmental …

This paper uses the lens of 'integrated sustainable waste management'to examine how
cities in developing countries have been tackling their solid waste problems. The history of …

Landfill fire is the most frequent type of incident in the waste management complexes. This
paper presents a new framework for risk probability evaluation of major fires in landfills …

Landfills have been widely constructed all around the world in order to properly dispose
municipal solid waste (MSW). Understanding geotechnical properties of MSW is essential …

Abstract Background On 21 February 2005 the Leuwigajah dumpsite, Bandung (Java,
Indonesia) was affected by a large slide after heavy rainfalls. Second deadliest waste slide …

The characteristics of municipal solid waste (MSW) play a key role in many aspects of waste
disposal facilities and landfills. Because most of a landfill is made up of MSW, the overall …

Large direct shear testing (300mm× 300mm box) of municipal solid waste (MSW) collected
from a landfill located in the San Francisco Bay area was performed to gain insight on the …

This paper assesses the effect of ageing on physicochemical characteristics of excavated
municipal solid waste from Mulund dumpsite in Mumbai, India. Based on disposal year …

In this Global Review on Safer End of Engineered Life, we take a long overdue and
systematic look at the scientific evidence around waste and resources management and the …