2019

Proceedings of

The 34th International Conference on

Solid Waste Technology and Management

Annapolis, MD, USA

March 31-April 4, 2019

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OPENING PLENARY

Sustainable Waste Management in Ribboning and Retting Process of Jute –  an alternative to Plastics, Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, India

 

SESSION 1A

Landfill 1

 

Status of Solid Waste Landfill in Benin Metropolis, Nigeria,  Dennis Iyeke Igbinomwanhia, Ohikhokhai Gift Aizebeoje, Osaghale Andrew Ehizogie, Nigeria  

 

 

SESSION 1B

Waste Generation and Composition

 

Comparative Study of Solid Waste Characteristics and Management Practices in Two Towns of Punjab Province of Pakistan,  Khalid Iqbal, Madeeha Rafi, Tayyaba Noreen, Pakistan 

 

Grain-Class-Specific Water Contents of Different Waste Streams,  Kay Johnen, Alexander Feil, Germany 

Generation and Characterization of Solid Waste in a Peri-Urban Community in Sub-Saharan Africa, Olubunmi Mokuolu, Medinat Abdulsalam, Nigeria

 

Solid Waste Generation and Management in Schools Within Samaru Kaduna State Nigeria,  Fatima Badiru Ibrahim, Khadijat Abdulkareem Abdulraheem, Ahmed M. Baba, Nigeria

 

SESSION 1C

Use of Wastes in Construction 1

 

Structural Performance of Concrete Elements Constructed Using Recycled Concrete Aggregate and Recycled Tyre Steel Fibres,  Hynda Aoun-Klalib, Nicholas Barnes, Bahareh Kaveh, UK

 

Durability Performance of Flat Panel Display Glass Concrete, Grady Mathews IV, Robert Bylone Jr., Harry NashDr. Shirley Clark, USA

 

Utilization of Industrial By-Products in Self-Compacting Concrete, Nikita Gupta, Rafat Siddique, India

 

SESSION 1D

Public Education and Involvement

 

Household Solid Waste Management in Monrovia, Liberia: Influencing factors, Characteristics, and Management Solutions, Victor Emer David Jr, China

 

Attitudes and Behaviour of Residents towards the Management and Recycling of Municipal Solid Wastes in Olievenhoutbosch, South Africa,  Ndivhewafhi Oscar Makhale Isaac Tebogo Rampedi, South Africa

 

SESSION 2A

Policy and Regulations

 

Governance Failure in Public Service Delivery; A Study of Solid Waste Management in Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal,  Indra Prasad Dahal, Nepal

 

An Assessment of Policy Related to Municipal Solid Waste Management in Botswana, Daniel Mmereki, Kgosiesele Velempini, Larona Mosime-Serero, Vietnam

 

Development of Municipal Solid Waste Policy in Lebanon, Mervat El-Hoz, Lebanon

 

SESSION 2B

Construction and Demolition Wastes

 

Recovery of External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems Containing EPS as Part of a Circular Economy, Martin Simons, Alexander Feil, Germany

 

The Reuse of Waste in the Brazilian Construction Industry, Marienne do Rocio de Mello Maron da Costa, Luiz Felipe Cordeiro, Michael Isaac Gabriel Santos, Marisa, Soares, Borges, Brazil

 

Estimation of construction waste with rectangular prism and pyramidal shape method in urban areas of Pakistan, J. Rafi, M. Rafi, M. Mushtaq, Qatar   

 

 

SESSION 2C

Geotechnical Use of Wastes

 

Dry Density-Water Content Curves for High Plasticity Clays Treated with Fly Ash, Stone Dust and Combinations, Darga Kumar Nandyala, India

Experimental Research on a New Solid Waste Stabilizer KC of Stabilizing Chloride Soil,  Yin Cheng, Jing Chen, Ya-fei Li, Luo Dai-song, China

Experimental Investigations Using Waste Materials in the Stabilization of Expansive Soils, Kandru Suresh, Musini Venkateshwarlu, KSV Praveena, India

Characteristics of Apparent Electrical Resistivity on Compacted Clays Mixed with Lime and Fly Ash,  Fang Li, Shulin Sun, deheng zhang, P.R. China

 

 

SESSION 2D

Biological Treatment

 

Application of Mixed Organic Waste for Effective Septage Treatment through In-vessel Co-composting,  Anu Rachel Thomas, Martin Kranert, Ligy Philip, NIL, India

Biodegradable Waste management techniques for Apartments complexes and Gated communities for Metro cities- Best Practices of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagarapalike(ULB of Bengaluru City),  jyothilakshmi Ramaswamy, Sumangala Patil, India

 

 

Impact of Seasonal and Regional Influences on the Quality of Separately Collected Biological Waste,  Melanie Brune, Christoph Jansen, Alexander Feil, Germany

 

 

SESSION 2E

Energy Recovery

 

Trial Calculation to Obtain the Upper Price Limit for a Complete Electricity Generation System Based on Waste Incineration, Masafumi Tateda, Ryoko Sekifuji, Japan

 

Challenging Situation to Optimise 100% Pet Coke With 15% Tsr: A Case Study at Ambujanagar,  Bibekananda Mohapatra, Pravesh Kumar Sharma, Ramsinh Chauhan, Mr. Atul Kumar Chaturvedi, Ms. Reshu Chauhan, Mr. Sukuru Ramarao, India

 

 

SESSION 3A

Agricultural Wastes

 

Assessment of Environmental Impact and Nutrient Content of Oil Palm Slurry in Livestock Nutrition in Nigeria,  Adejoke Adeneye Mako, Oluwanike Abiola-Olagunju, Victor Olusegun Akinwande, Nigeria

 

Novel Application of Ultrasonic Pretreatment of Giant Reed Co-Digested with Chicken Manure for Biogas Recovery, Zainab Ismail, Nazik Noori, Iraq

 

Reverse Logistics of Agrochemical Packaging in Brazil: Case Study, Ariane Braga Oliveira, Bruno Fernando Gianelli, Sandro Donnini Mancini, Brazil

 

Characteristics of Wood Pellets Mixed with Torrefied Rice Straw, Kazuei Ishii, Toru Furuichi, Ryosuke Kizuka, Masahiro Sato, Satoru Ochiai, Japan

 

 

SESSION 3B

Ash

 

Study on the Use of Post Processed MSWI Ash in Concrete and Mortar,  Grady Mathews IV, Reem Alsinan, Michael Young, USA

 

SESSION 3D

Case Studies

 

Some Aspects of Household Food Waste Generation and Treatments Options: A Case Study of Mamelodi and Montana in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa,  Morwesi Silvia Ramotse, Isaac Tebogo Rampedi, South Africa

 

 

The Practices and Challenges for Municipal Solid Waste  Management in Temeke Municipality,   Dar Es Salam, Tanzani,  Ahmed Lubwama, Tanzania

 

SESSION 3E

Environmental Assessment 1

 

The Impact of the Maintenance Phase in a Life Cycle Assessment of Houses, Enedir Ghisi, Andrea Invidiata, Brazil

 

Piecewise Nonlinear Regression: A statistical Method for the Analysis of Experimental Adsorption Data by the Intraparticle-Diffusion Models, Mohammad Elkhaiary, Egypt

 

Single-Use Plastics: How Prepared Are Ireland and the US for Sustainability? Anita Zavodska, Anne Morrissey, USA

 

SESSION 4A

Landfill 2

 

Methanotrophic Methane Oxidation in New Biogeochemical Landfill Cover System,  Raksha Rai, Krishna Reddy, USA

 

Evaluation of Unsaturated Hydraulic Behavior of Evapotranspiration (ET) Cover through Field Instrumentation and Numerical Modeling, Md Jobair Bin Alam, Prabesh Bhandari, Farnaz Seraj, USA



 

SESSION 4B

Use of Wastes in Construction 2

 

Portland Composite Cement: An Sustainable Product in Indian Scenario,  Bibekananda Mohapatra, Pravesh Kumar Sharma, Ambuja Cements Ltd., Varsha Liju, Sanjeev Chaturvedi, India

Performance of Concrete with Recycled Plastic Waste for Flood Defence Barrier Systems,  Bahareh Kaveh, Hynda Aoun-Klalib, Tom Kemp, UK

 

SESSION 4C

Electronic Wastes

 

E-Wastes Management in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects, Fatima Badiru Ibrahim, Abubakar Ismail, Nigeria

 

 

SESSION 4D

Plastics Wastes

Plastic Waste Management and Public Health Concerns in Bangladesh,  Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Alauddin Ahmed, ITN-Buet, Bangladesh

A Sustainable Approach for Post-Consumer PET Bottles Recovery and Reduction in Nigeria, Olaide Monsor Aderoju, Antonio Guerner Dias, Peter C Ekweozoh, Iquo Offiong, Portugal

 

 

SESSION 4E

Contaminated Sites 1

 

 

Upward Electrokinetic Remediation (UEKR) for Contaminated Sediments with Heavy Metals, Arulpoomalai A, Shashidhar T, India

POSTER SESSION 1

 

Alternatives for Red Mud Reuse in Civil Engineering Construction Materials after Environmental Accidents in Brazil,  Liseane Padilha Thives, João Francisco Thives da Luz Fontes, Mayara S.S. Lima, Brazil

 

SESSION 5C

Policy, Economics and Management

 

Smart City Development: A Step towards Solid Waste Management and  Sustainable Development, Anaya Ghosh, Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, India

 

A Situational Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Management Practices in Sara-i-Alamgir City, Pakistan, Khalid Iqbal, Muhammad Ali, Pakistan 

 

How the Commodities Recovery and the Restoration/Disaster Industries Can Work Closer Together for Expanded Business Opportunities, Stephen Baruch, Jason Teliszczak, USA

 

 

SESSION 5D

Tire/Rubber Wastes

 

Utilization of Scrap Tires and Waste Oil as Supplementary Fuels in Cement Production, Gizem Eker, Vedat Pinarli, Turkey

 

After 10 Years Implementation of the Environmental Legislation about Scrap Tires Disposal, What Has Changed in Brazil, Liseane Padilha Thives, Enedir Ghisi, Gabriela Hammes, Yuri Mello Muller de Oliveira, Brazil

 

SESSION 6A

Environmental Assessment 2

 

 

Drinking and Domestic water Use Near an Open Dumpsite in a Peri-urban Community, Olubunmi Mokuolu, Ifeoluwa Olaniyi, Nigeria

A Pilot Study on EIA Report Quality in the Management and Recycling of Proposed Hazardous Waste Management Projects  in The Gauteng Province of South Africa, Willem Abraham Foord Ceronio, Isaac Tebogo Rampedi, South Africa

 

Dispersion of Heavy Metals from Tshikondeni Exxaro Coal Dump, Limpopo Province, South Africa, Phumudzo Gift Munyai, Jason Samuel Ogola, Lufuno Reginald Kone, South Africa

 

  

SESSION 6B

Biochemical Treatment

A Viable Mechanical-Biological Waste Treatment Technology, Glen Tobiason, Germany

 

SESSION 6D

Special Wastes

 

Safe Removal and Disposal Procedures of Asbestos Containing Waste In Italy,  Sergio Bellagamba, Federica Paglietti, Sergio Malinconico, Beatrice Conestabile Della Staffa, Ivano Lonigro, Paolo De Simone, Italy

 

Economic Potential of Gold Mine Waste: A Case Study of Consolidated Murchison Mine Waste, Rembuluwani Solly Ravele, Jason Ogola, Humbulani Rejune Mundalamo, South Africa

 

Impact of Aquaculture Waste on Receiving Streams,  Bolaji Sule, Olayemi Olanlokun, Gbemi Oladipupo, Nigeria

 

SESSION 6E

Sludge

 

Mineralogical characterization of sewage sludge for use as raw material in civil construction, Maria Ingunza, Luis Yermán, David Williams, Brazil



 

 

POSTER SESSION 2

 

Evaluation of Physical and Mechanical Parameters of Construction and Demolition Waste for Geotechnical Applications, Jéssica Menezes, Erinaldo Cavalcante, Guilherme Bravo Almeida, Brazil

 

Effect of Pressure on the Surfactant Pretreatment of Wastewater Sludge to Maximize the Drainability,  Mohsen Taghavijeloudar, Junboum Park, South Korea

 

Effects of Fly Ash Addition on the Rheological Behaviour of Red Mud Slurry, Maria P.D. Ingunza, David Williams, Sebastian Q. Olaya, Brazil

 

SESSION 7A

Case Studies 2

 

 

Consulting Support and Automatization as the Basic for the Eco-Industrial Park’s Development in Russia, Dmitry Yaroslavtsev, Alexander Liubarskaia, Russia

 

 

Tracking the Movement of Waste and its Environmental Impact: An Institutional Case Study, Patrick Caton, Howard Ernst, Karen Flack, Prof. Joseph Smith, Prof. Kurtis Swope, USA




SESSION 7C

Use of Wastes in Construction 3

 

Gold Mine Tailings as a Construction Material: A Case Study of the Klein Letaba Gold Tailings Dam, Limpopo Province, South Africa,  Ndivhuwo Nemapate, South Africa