Landfill mining: characterization of municipal solid waste landing towards its reusable potential in the geotechnical, energy and environmental areas

• Grant number: 19/01559-8
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Regular Program Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2019
• End date: September 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Miriam Gonçalves Miguel
• Grantee: Miriam Gonçalves Miguel
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: Campinas
• Associated researchers: Ana Elisa Silva de Abreu ; Edson Aparecido Abdul Nour ; Mariane Alves de Godoy Leme ; Sueli Yoshinaga Pereira

Abstract

In many countries, municipal solid waste (MSW) management has become a self-sufficient process, which was possible due to the perception that this material has an aggregate financial value and that its final disposal can cause serious environmental problems. Landfill mining refers to the excavation and treatment of waste from an active or inactive landfill with a number of purposes, such as the reuse of recovered materials. This research intends to characterize municipal solid waste (MSW) with different ages, coming from the city of Campinas-SP, seeking its reuse potential in the Geotechnical, Energy and Environmental areas. MSW samples will be prepared to allow determination of gravimetric composition, moisture content, series of solids and other constituents such as protein, carbohydrate, lipid, total organic carbon, elemental composition (C, H and N) and calorific value. In addition, the fine material of the soil weighted RSU (D <19mm) samples, which are difficult to visualize, will be subjected to geotechnical and geoenvironmental testing with a focus on their reuse as a covering material for landfills. It is hoped, therefore, to obtain a more detailed and complete characterization of MSW produced in the city of Campinas, which can subsidize studies aiming at new reuse of these materials, which may result in additional benefits such as mitigation of environmental impacts, recovery of areas and increase of working life of landfills. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TAKEDA, CINTIA MINORI; DE GODOY LEME, MARIANE ALVES; ROMEIRO, DIEGO COSTA; SILVA, KENNEDY GABRIEL; MIGUEL, MIRIAM GONCALVES. Variation of the Gravimetric Composition of Landfilled Municipal Solid Waste Over the Time in a Developing Country. International Journal of Environmental Research, v. 16, n. 5, p. 15-pg., 2022-10-01. (20/03040-7, 19/01559-8)

DE GODOY LEME, MARIANE ALVES; CESAR TORRES-MAYANGA, PAULO; LACHOS-PEREZ, DANIEL; FORSTER-CARNEIRO, TANIA; MIGUEL, MIRIAM GONCALVES. Biogas production from the landfilled easily degradable fraction of municipal solid waste: mining strategy for energy recovery. BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY, v. N/A, p. 12-pg., 2022-09-06. (18/14938-4, 19/01559-8)

DE GODOY LEME, MARIANE ALVES; KAKITANI, RAFAEL; TAKEDA, CINTIA MINORI; SILVA, KENNEDY GABRIEL; CHEUNG, NOE; MIGUEL, MIRIAM GONCALVES. Characterization of Mined Metals from a Brazilian Sanitary Landfill. JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE METALLURGY, v. 8, n. 4, p. 11-pg., 2022-11-04. (20/03040-7, 19/01559-8)