2010
Proceedings of
25th International Conference on
Solid Waste Technology and Management
March 14-17, 2010
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Table of Contents
SESSION 1A
Management Case Studies
Inefficient Or Not Correctly Enforced? Municipal Solid Waste Management Policies and Problems in Naples
Stefania Romano, Hungary
A Systems Approach to Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization and Case Study
Matthew J. Franchetti, USA
SESSION 1B
Energy Recovery
Techno-Economic Performance Analysis of Small to Medium Scale Biomass Combustion Plants for Energy Production,
Chandni Patel, Paola Lettieri, Stef Simons, Antonino Germana, United Kingdom
Solar Steam Generating Sysytem for Cooking
Vinod D. Gondkar, Prof. Dr.Dilip R. Pangavhane, Dr. Dhirendra,
Prof. R.W.Gaikwad, India
Thermal Recycling of Solid Tire Wastes for Recovery of Energy and Valuable Chemicals: A Use of Fire-Tube Heating Pyrolysis Reactor
Mohammad Rofiqul Islam, Hiroyuki Haniu, Japan
SESSION 1C
Landfill 1
Determination of Landfill Settlement of a Municipal Solid Waste of Known Composition Based on (C+H)/L Values
Dorairaja Raghu, , Joseph J Lifrieri, USA
Methane Emissions From A Landfill Site In South Brazil
Vanessa Cristina Ferreira Dias, Armando Borges de Castilhos Junior, Paulo Belli Filho, Professor, Débora Machando de Oliveira, Canada
Interactive, Web-Based Landfill Gas Data Management
David E. Adams, USA
Biogas Generation in the Landfill of Ensenada, Baja California Mexico
Carolina Armijo de Vega, Quetzalli Aguilar Virgen, Paul Adolfo Taboada-González, Sara Ojeda-Benítez and Margarito Quintero-Nuñez, Mexico
SESSION 2A
Industrial Wastes
Investigation of the Organic Additives Treatment on Structural Properties of Waste-Chip Magnesium to be Used as a Hydrogen Storage Material
Aysel Kanturk Figen, Sabriye Pişkin, Turkey
Recovery of Manganese and Lead Values from Zinc Industry Anode Mud
Dr. Navin Chandra, Dr. S. S. Amritphale, Deepti Pal, India
Advanced Non-Toxic Lead Free and Highly Effective Shielding Materials for X-RAY Diagnostic and CT Scanner Room: Utilizing Industrial Wastes
Dr. Navin Chandara, Dr. S. S. Amritphale, Avneesh Anshul, India
Waste Reduction Through Recycling of Submerged Arc Welding Slag,
Dr. Anjani Kumar, Dalgobind Mahto, India
Identification of Technical and Biological Nutrients (cradle-to-cradle) towards Environmental Sustainability: A Case study of an Electrical and Electronic Equipment Industry in Malaysia I. Khairul Nadiah, A. Azmatun and R. Nadia, Malaysia
SESSION 2B
Landfill 2
Siloxanes in Biogases From Solid Waste Landfills and Organic Waste Treatment Facilities in Korea,
Che Yun Eom, Sun-ho Song, Nam hoon Lee, Kwang bum Hur Chaeyoung Lee,
Republic of Korea
Utilization of Coal Combustion Residue in Reclamation of Mining Degraded Lands in Jharia Coalfields, India-A Case Study
Dr.Biswajit Paul, India
Estimation of COD in Leachate of Municipal Solid Waste Using ANFIS-Based Modelling
M.C. Mañon-Salas, E.L. Moreno-Goytia, M.C. Hernández-Berriel, Liliana Márquez-Benavides, Mexico
SESSION 2C
Recycling
Solid Waste Stream On-line Quality Control: New HyperSpectral Imaging Based Devices and Detection Logic Implementation for an Efficient Products Certification,
Giuseppe Bonifazi, Silvia Serranti, Italy
Advanced Techniques for Recovery of Non-Ferrous Metals from Municipal Solid Waste Dipl.-Ing. Bastian Wens, Dipl.-Ing. Nico Schmalbein, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Th. Pretz, Dipl.-Ing. Ronald Gillner, Germany
Small Scale Paper Recycling In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – A Show Case For Sustainable Waste Management And Income Generation In Developing Countries,
Dipl.-Ing. Mike Speck, Germany
SESSION 2D
Collection
Optimizing Waste Collection Routes
Ewe-Leng Lim, USA
SESSION 3A
Public Involvement and Education
Building Professionalism: The Role of Industry Associations and Continuing Professional Development for Waste Professionals
Dr Georgina Davis, Australia
Attitudes and Behaviors of Middle-Income Housewives towards Minimization, Sorting and Recycling Solid Waste M. El-Hoz, Lebanon
Environmental Education: A Key to Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries – The Case of Nigeria and Guyana
Mr. Jerry U. Uhuo, Dr. Anita Závodská, USA/NIGERIA
The Journey: Closed Mind to Closed Loop
Dr Karl S Williams, Mrs Shirley Newman, Mr Ross Fielding, United Kingdom
SESSION 3B
Contaminated Sites
Integrated Study For Automobile Wastes Management Plan And Environmental Friendly Mechanic Villages In Nigeria
Michael Amamechi Nwachukwu, Huan Feng, Kennedy Achilike, U.S.A./Nigeria
Remote Sensing Technologies applied to Rehabilitation Monitoring of Large Contaminated Mining Sites
Giuseppe Bonifazi, Silvia Serranti, F. Volpe, Italy
Effect of Tannery Sludge on Antioxidant Enzymes and Antitumor Agents in Catharanthus Roseus, Preeti Saxena, Rumana Ahmad, Neelam Misra, Subhas Awasthi, India/USA/Nigeria
SESSION 3C
Environmental Impacts 1
Waste Wealth for Sustainability
Salil K Sen, PhD, Dr. Winai Chumcheun, Dr. Chanchai Yomdit, Thailand
Evaluation of the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) of Galvanic Sludge
Mehmet Burcin Piskin, Dr. Muge Sari Yilmaz, Turkey
Climate Change, Policy And Its Impact: Municipal Solid Waste Generation in India Anupam Khajuria, Takanori Matsui, Takashi Machimura, Tohru Morioka, JAPAN
Pollution Management with Special Reference to Municipal Solid Waste Management in Salem City,
Dr.S.Chinnammai, Dr. D. Janagam, India
Impact of Coal Beneficiation on the Quality of Surrounding Soil and Inhabitant Health Ram LC, Masto RE, Selvi VA, Joshy George, Tripathi RC, Sinha AK, Srivastava NK, Routh T, Verma SK, Priyadarshini, Pritish Prabal, India
SESSION 3D
Hazardous Wastes
Liquid Crystal Displays: Environmental Management in Removal and Recycling of Mercury-Containing Backlights
Dr. Karl S. Williams, Mr. Timothy J. McDonnell, United Kingdom
The Influence of the Temperature of Calcination on the Leaching of Galvanic Sludge Ozgul Dere Ozdemir, Sabriye Pişkin, Turkey
Sonoleaching: Development of a Rapid Determination of Pb from Stabilized Waste Using Ultrasound Assisted Leaching Luzvisminda M. Bellotindos, Maria Lourdes P. Dalida, Genandrialine L. Peralta, Philippines
SESSION 4A
Case Studies
Household Solid Waste Characteristics and Management Practices in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania
Aisa Oberlin Solomon, Peter Oosterveer, Gert Spaargaren, Tanzania / The Netherlands
Solid Waste Reduction in Nigeria Cities (Lagos)
Saturday A. Okeh, Belgium
SESSION 4B
Environmental Impacts 2
Cartographic Mapping of World Pollutant, Ashraf Ghaly, USA
Property-Close Source-Separation of Solid Household Waste from a Life-Cycle Perspective – A Swedish Case Study, Anna Bernstad, Jes la Cour Jansen, Sweden
Use of Waste Rubber and Fly Ash in Developing a Greener Pervious Concrete, Ashraf Ghaly, Elias Samia, USA
Phospholipid Fatty Acid and Phosholipid Ether Lipid Analysis to Monitor In-Situ Aeration Phases of Waste Materials, Maren Mellendorf, Marion Huber-Humer, Andrea Watzinger, Martin H.Gerzabek, Austria
SESSION 4C
Materials Produced from Waste 1
Effect of Foundry Sand as Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregates on Concrete Properties, Yogesh Aggarwal,Rafat Siddique, S.M.Gupta, , Paratibha Aggarwal, India
The Use Of Drilling Cuttings Waste In The Manufacture Of Clay Bricks, Hanan El Sersy, Egypt
SESSION 5A
Agricultural Wastes
Energy Recovery from Fixed Bed Fire Tube Heating Pyrolysis of Agricultural Waste—Jute Stick, Mohammad Rofiqul Islam, Momtaz Parveen, Hiroyuki Haniu, Bangladesh / Japan
The Nutrient Content of Solid Fraction Recovered from Mechanical Separation of Liquid Manure in Swine Industry, Dr. Michael A. Aloria, Kingdom of Bahrain
Potential Utilization of Grass as Solid-Fuel (Briquette) in Nigeria, Olalekan Saheed ALADE, Eriola BETIKU, Bamidele Ogbe Solomon, Nigeria
Concomitant Production of Thermostable Amylase and Protease from Bacillus sp. By Solid State Fermentation, Dr. Rajni Singh, Rajshree Saxena, India
SESSION 5B
Waste Generation and Composition
An Examination of Household Solid Waste Generation In Mekong Delta City, Vietnam, Nguyen Phuc Thanh, Yasuhiro Matsui, Takeshi Fujiwara, Japan
E-waste Management For Sustainable Campus: A Case Study of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, John Babington Chibunna, Chamhuri Siwar, Rawshan Ara Begum, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Malaysia
Awareness towards E-waste Management: A Case Study of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), John Babington Chibunna, Chamhuri Siwar, Dr. Rawshan Ara Begum, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Malaysia
Solid Waste Prediction and Characterization Modeling for Manufacturing and Service Facilities, Matthew J. Franchetti, USA
Can in Hand: From Physical Waste Audits to Creating a Customizable Simple Waste Audit (SWA) Toolkit, Jordan Musser, Barbara L. MacLennan, Laura J. Stiller, Alfred Stiller, USA
Wood Waste Generation in Ilorin Metropolis: Problems, Management and Prospects, Olumuyiwa A. Lasode, Ayokunle Oluwabusayo Balogun, Nigeria
Municipal Solid Waste Management in Chile: Current System and Energy Potential of MSW, Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. Eva Hamatschek, Dr.-Ing. Martin Faulstich, Germany
SESSION 5C
Materials Produced from Waste 2
Use of Foundry Sand and Bottom Ash in Concrete, Yogesh Aggarwal, Rafat Siddique, S.M.Gupta, Paratibha Aggarwal, India
Preliminary Investigation Into Utilization Of Wastes From Iron And Steel Industries In Nigeria As Fine Aggregate Replacement In Concrete Application, Akinbinu Victor Abioye, Nigeria
Estimating the Fracture Toughness Using Mechanical Properties for Composites, Kamel M.M., Ibrahim S.S. Egypt
Comparisons of Compressive Strength of Concrete Block Made with Steel Slag Waste and Iron Ore Tailing Aggregates, Akinbinu Victor Abioye, Nigeria
Assessment of Plastic Waste Generation and Inventorization of Plastic Manufacturing Units in Madhya Pradesh, Alok Srivastava, R.K. Jain, M.L. Patel, Alok Saxena, India
SESSION 5D
Landfill 3
Assessment of Contaminated Water (Leachate) and Ground Water Quality Around Trenching Ground of Indore and Ujjain Cities, Abdul Saleem Khan, S. M. Narulkar, India
Modeling of Horizontal Trench Systems for Leachate Recirculation in Bioreactor Landfills, Krishna Reddy, Hanumanth S. Kulkarni, USA
Using the HELP Model for More Than Estimating Leachate Generation, Eric S. Steinhauser, Paula J. Mouser, Brian J. Beaudoin, Kelly M. Anderson, USA
SESSION 6A
Ash
Preparation and Performance of Flyash Filter Membrane, Mitalee Gupta, Nidhi Bajaj, Swati Sharma, Swayamsiddha Das, Raju Sarkar, India
Utilization of Coal/Biomass Fly Ash and Glacial Till Soil as a Flow-Through Reactive Barrier for the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage, Kevin Penney, Eltayeb Mohamedelhassan, Lionel J.J. Catalan, Canada
Extraction of Silica and Alumina from Coal Fly Ash using Box-Behnken Design for the synthesis of Na-A zeolites , Rose Aini Kamarudin, Abdulsalam Matlob, Zaemah Jubri, Zainab Ramli, Malaysia
Effective Use of Waste Generated in Thermal Power Plant as a Value Added Product in Cement Manufacturing and its Environmental Impact, Bibekananda N. Mohapatra, Raghvendra Narayan, Shashi Mohan Joshi, Radhamohan Gupta, S.P. Gautam, R.K. Jain India
Potential of Indian Fly ashes as Soil Ameliorant:State-of-the-Art, L.C.Ram, Smriti Singh, RE Masto, SK Jha, RC Tripathi,AK Sinha,NK Srivastava,VA Selvi, India
SESSION 6B
Composting and Biological Treatment 1
Siloxanes in Mechanical-Biological Treatment plants, Dipl.-Ing. Stephan Mattersteig, Dipl.-Ing. Lilly Brunn, Dr.-Ing. Bernd Bilitewski, Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Friese, Germany
Increase in Energy Efficiency of Composting by Bio Leaching, Dipl.-Ing. Nils Bauerschlag, Dr.-Ing. Thomas Pretz, Germany
Effect of Composting on Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals from Tannery Solid Waste Amended Soil, Muhammad Shafiq, Aisha Nazir, Firdaus-e-Bareen, Pakistan
Compost as a Growth Medium of Methanotrophic Bacteria, U. Mancebo del C.S., J.P.A. Hettiaratchi, O. Hurtado, Canada
SESSION 6C
Policy and Management
Assessing Governace Arrangements for Solid Waste Management Amongst State Institutions in East Africa: Case Studies of Kisumu,Jinja and Mwanza, Christine L. Majale, Caleb Mireri, Peter Oosterveer, KENYA / Netherlands
Urban Attitudes Towards Land Application of Municipal and Industrial Biosolids,Mebrate Taffese Tanto, William L.Magette, Ireland
Urban Poor Access to NGO/CBO Services in Public-Private Arrangements in Solid Waste Management, Judith T. Tukahirwa, Arthur Petrus Johannes Mol, Peter J.M. Oosterveer, Netherlands
Delivering Resource Efficiency in the Food Packaging Sector: Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of the use of an Environmental Managemen Systemt, Rebecca Jones, Paul S. Phillips, Kathy Holley, UK
Future of Project Based Mechanisms in the Waste Management Sector with a Special View on the Prospective American Offset Market, Christian Pacher, Felix Nickel, Roland Geres, Germany
Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Comparison Between the U.S. and Other Countries, Shoou-Yuh Chang, Wanchi Huang, Shu-Liang Liaw, USA / Taiwan
SESSION 7A
Composting and Biological Treatment 2
Developing Composting Process Scheme for Port Harcourt, Nigeria, A A Ujile, E. Ehirim, Nigeria
Evaluation of Solid Waste Composting in Bangladesh, M. Habibur Rahman, Abdullah Al-Muyeed, Bangladesh
Ondo State Waste Composting: A Panacea To Food Security And Wealth Creation In Developing Nations, AKINBINU VICTOR ABIOYE, NIGERIA
Enhancing anaerobic digestion processes for improved biogas production, Dr Joseph C Akunna, G.M. Walker United Kingdom
SESSION 7B
Wood, Construction and Demolition Wastes
Prospects and limitations for the collection and treatment of asbestos containing waste in Flanders, Veronique Van Hoof, Karl Vrancken, Luc Beeckmans, Belgium
Data Mining the Estimation and Forecasting of Concrete Debris Amount from Building Demolition in Taiwan Taoyuan, Jyh-Dong Lin, Li-Hsu Yeh, Hao-Hsien Chen, Rong-Yau Huang, Yu-Kuan Cheng, Taiwan, R.O.C
A Home Builder’s Guide to Waste Management at the Construction Site, Joseph Laquatra, Mark Pierce, USA
Reuse of the Discarded Railroad Ballast in Civil Construction, Rudney C. Queiroz, Mario M. Isa, Adilson Renofio, Jorge Akutsu, Ariane de Cassia, G. da Silva, Brazil
SESSION 7C
Integrated Management
Environmental Economic and Technological Residues Management Demands: An Optimization Tool, Marisa Soares Borges, Humberto Gracher Riella, Paulo Roberto Janissek, Brazil
A Tale of Two Countries – Czech Republic and the United States: A Comparison of Their Municipal Solid Waste, Anita Závodská, Libuše Benešová, USA / Czech Republic
Digital City Initiatives for Small Muncipalities and Rural Areas and Their Role in Solid Waste Management, Susan J. Bergeron, Barbara L. MacLennan, Alfred Stiller, USA
Regional Approach to Service Provision: Solid Waste Management Amongst Small Urban Centers in the Lake Victoria Basin, Christine L. Majale, Caleb Mireri, Gert Spaargaren, KENYA / Netherlands
The Application of Zero Waste in the Developing Countries- The Case of Egypt, Yousryia Nassif Loza, Ayman M.Ghanem, Sohair M. Milik, Egypt
SESSION 7D
Innovative Research
Solid Waste Technology Research Works in Lagos State Nigeria: “Smelting of Nylon and Low-Density Plastics (LDPs) in a Fluidized Bed System”, AbdulWahab Ogunbiyi, Shittu Olumide Akeem, Johnson Olumuyiwa Agunsoye, Nigeria
Effect of Source and Chemical Composition on In Vitro Fermentation of Water Hyacinth, A.A. Mako, O. J Babayemi, Nigeria
SESSION 8A
Chemical and Biochemical Treatment
Energy from Waste – An alternative Technology to Incineration, Anaerobic Digestion and Pyrolysis – With Overall Efficiency of >80%, Frank J. Riedel, Germany
SESSION 8B
Medical Wastes
Incineration of Biomedical Wastes: Simulated Studies, Prashant Kumar, Kasturi Gadgil, India
A Composite Indicator for Medical Solid Waste Management Applied to a Health-Care Facility (HCF): A Case Study, Luisa Fernanda Ribeiro Reis, Katia Sakihama Ventura, Brazil
SESSION 8C
Mining and Mineral Wastes
Prediction of Asbestos Exposure Resulting From Asbestos Aerosolization Determined Using the Releasable Asbestos Field Sampler (RAFS), William M. Barrett, Jonathan W. Thornburg, G. Gordon Brown, John R. Kominsky, James J. Konz, USA
Measurement of Aerosolization of Asbestos from Soil Using the Releasable Asbestos Field Sampler (RAFS), James J. Konz, John R. Kominsky, Jonathan W. Thornburg, Andrew Dart, William M. Barrett, USA
SESSION 9A
Manufacture of Organic Fertilizer from Poultry Slaughterhouse Waste Rendering Plant Sludge Using Delta-D Technology, S.A.S. Perera, Sri Lanka
POSTER SESSION 1
Vegetative Amelioration of Solid Waste Disposal Site; The Case Study of Adana-Sofulu-Turkey, Reyhan Erdogan, Zeynep Zaimoglu, Meryem Atik, Türkiye
The Study of Influence on Pavement’s Surface Texture And Friction with Basic Oxygen Furnace Slag, Shih-Huang Chen, Jyh-Dong Lin, Chang-Hua Yu, Hung-Wen Chung, Ching-Tsung Hung, Ming-Chin Yeh, Taiwan
Proposal of Management Plan of Civil Construction Waste for Horizontal Condominium in Goiânia – Br, Michele Tereza Marques de Carvalho, Ana Gabriela Leandra de Souza Cruz, Cybelli Gonçalves Gregório Barbosa, Patrícia Sampaio Moraes, Brazil
Study on Fly Ash from Refuse-Derived Fuel Combustion in Fluidized Bed Boilers as Admixtures for Concrete Mixing, Chen-Yu Hsu, Li-Hsu Yeh , Ming-Yu Lee, Jyh-Dong Lin, Taiwan
Potential of Non-Ferrous Metals in separate waste streams, Dipl.-Ing. Ronald Gillner, Dr.-Ing. Thomas Pretz, Dipl.-Ing. Bastian Wens, Dipl.-Ing. Nico Schmalbein, Germany
Utilization of Hatchery by-products as Feed Ingredients in Broiler Chicken Feed, Dambar B. Khadka, Dilip Subba, Netherland / Nepal
CO2 Emission Mitigation Potential of Rice Husks for Angiang Province, Vietnam, Pham Thi Mai Thao, PhD. Kiyo H. Kurisu, Keisuke Hanaki, Japan
Hydraulic Mortars Made by Lime, Brick Sand and Fly Ash, Pietro Ubbrìaco, Giulia Mastrodonato, Dino Manigrassi, Angela Traini, Annarosa Mangone, Italy
Characterization and Potential Application of Solid Waste Generated from Biodiesel Production Process, Lu-Ming Chen, Mei-In Melissa Chou, USA
A Case Study Of Residents’ Behavior In Recycling Renewable Resources From Collection Sites In China, Chun-ping LI, China
Distribution Characteristics Based Air Quality Evaluation Of MSW CSs And Residential Areas In Haidian District, Chun-ping LI, China
POSTER SESSION 2
Characteristics of Siloxanes in Landfill and Anaerobic Digester Biogases in Korea., Che-Yun Eom, Sun-ho Song, Nam hoon Lee, Kwang bum Hur, Chaeyoung Lee,
Republic of Korea
Time and Motion Analysis of Hauled Container System for Municipal Solid Waste Collection in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, Adeniyi S. Aremu, James R. Mihelcic, B.F. Sule, Nigeria / USA
Protease production in Solid State Fermentation by Bacillus sp., Rajni Singh, Rajshree Saxena, India
Assessing the Composition of Municipal Solid Waste in the Czech Republic, Libuse Benesova, Marketa Dolezalova, Petra Hnatukova, Bohumil Cernik, Zdenka Kotoulova, Anita Zavodska, Czech Republic / USA
Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass to Bio-Oil: An Evaluation of Catalytic Upgrading by HSZM-5, Patricia Sefton, USA