Insights into sustainable resource and energy recovery from leachate towards emission mitigation for environmental management: A critical approach

Apoorva Upadhyay; Rickwinder Singh; Prakhar Talwar; Nikita Verma; Pratiksha Dadaji Ahire; Hemant Khatri; Shyam Kumar Masakapalli; Nidhi Pareek; Vinod Kumar; Andrey A Kovalev; Elena A Zhuravleva; Yuriy V Litti; Vivekanand Vivekanand

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118219

Insights into sustainable resource and energy recovery from leachate towards emission mitigation for environmental management: A critical approach

J Environ Manage. 2023 Oct 1:343:118219. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118219. Epub 2023 May 23.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, 302017, Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: 2018REN9019@mnit.ac.in.
² Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, 302017, Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: 2021ren9014@mnit.ac.in.
³ Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, 302017, Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: 2021pcv5362@mnit.ac.in.
⁴ Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, 302017, Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: 2021pcv5367@mnit.ac.in.
⁵ Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, 302017, Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: 2021pcv5347@mnit.ac.in.
⁶ Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, 302017, Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: 2021pcv5359@mnit.ac.in.
⁷ School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Kamand, 175075, India. Electronic address: shyam@iitmandi.ac.in.
⁸ Department of Sports Bio-Sciences, School of Sports Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, 305817, India. Electronic address: nidhipareek@curaj.ac.in.
⁹ Bioenergy and Resource Management Centre, School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Vinod.Kumar@cranfield.ac.uk.
¹⁰ Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM", 1st Institutskiy Proezd, 5, 109428, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: kovalev_ana@mail.ru.
¹¹ Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 33, 2, 119071, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: zhuravleva_2595@mail.ru.
¹² Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 33, 2, 119071, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: litty-yuriy@mail.ru.
¹³ Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, 302017, Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: vivekanand.cee@mnit.ac.in.

PMID: 37229852
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118219

Abstract

The exponential generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and landfill disposal without any treatment has increased the continuous generation of landfill leachate. Improper MSW and leachate management are contributing to environmental degradation and water and soil pollution, which must be treated. Numerous works have been conducted on leachate treatments for energy and resource recovery. This review presents a comprehensive study of leachate management in which different treatment methods are discussed to analyze the suitability of processes that can be employed to treat leachate efficiently. Further, the characteristics of leachate are examined as properties of leachate may be varied depending upon the region. Still, several challenges related to leachate management and its treatments are discussed in this study. An integrated system could be a better option for treating leachate because it contains large amounts of organic and inorganic compounds. Proper leachate management would help to recover energy and value-added products (metals).

Keywords: Energy; Landfills; Leachate management; Resource recovery; Treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Refuse Disposal* / methods
Solid Waste / analysis
Waste Disposal Facilities
Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / analysis

Substances

Solid Waste
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Water