Variations and environmental impacts of odor emissions along the waste stream

Zhaowen Cheng; Shijie Zhu; Xiaoliang Chen; Louchun Wang; Ziyang Lou; Lili Feng

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120912

Variations and environmental impacts of odor emissions along the waste stream

J Hazard Mater. 2020 Feb 15:384:120912. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120912. Epub 2019 Jul 22.

Authors

Zhaowen Cheng¹, Shijie Zhu², Xiaoliang Chen³, Louchun Wang², Ziyang Lou⁴, Lili Feng¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
² College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China.
³ Shanghai Solid Waste Management Center, Shanghai 200003, China.
⁴ School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China; Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China. Electronic address: louworld12@sjtu.edu.cn.

PMID: 31640936
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120912

Abstract

Odor nuisance related to municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal is one of the main incentives to counter the Not-In-My-Backyard Syndrome. Moreover, integrated odor management contributes to specific odor control at different waste treatment stages. In this study, odor emissions along typical MSW streams were categorized based on their olfactive and environmental impacts after a field investigation of the residential district (RD), transfer station (TS), and landfill (LF) in the Chongming Eco-island. It was found that odorants, especially NH₃ and sulfides, increased along the MSW stream, with total chemical concentration increasing from 1241.5 ± 235.6 to 6947.2 ± 1726.8 μg/m³. Source separation and co-landfill system, which premixes the MSW with bottom ash (BA) at a ratio of 5:1, were speculated to efficiently attenuate odorants. Sulfides reduced owing to an increase in trace metal dissolution and carbon source consumption with the addition of BA at the LF, whereas NH₃ in the leachate pond increased due to enhanced biodegradation and alkalinity. Photochemical ozone formation (6.7 × 10^-8-8.6 × 10^-5 personal equivalent, PE), nutrient enrichment (5.4 × 10^-8-4.6 × 10^-5 PE), and acidification (4.8 × 10^-8-4.1 × 10^-5 PE) were the major environmental impact categories. The priority odor pollutants screened using ternary fuzzy synthetic system could reflect the impact of olfaction and environment and greatly varied along the waste stream.

Keywords: Environmental impact assessment; Odor emissions; Priority odor pollutants; Ternary fuzzy synthetic system.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't