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Sci Total Environ

Title:		Household hazardous waste in municipal landfills: contaminants in leachate
Author(s):		Slack RJ; Gronow JR; Voulvoulis N;
Address:		"Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BP, UK"
Journal Title:		Sci Total Environ
Year:		2005
Volume:		337
Issue:		1-Mar
Page Number:		119 - 137
DOI:		10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.07.002
ISSN/ISBN:		0048-9697 (Print) 0048-9697 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Household hazardous waste (HHW) includes waste from a number of household products such as paint, garden pesticides, pharmaceuticals, photographic chemicals, certain detergents, personal care products, fluorescent tubes, waste oil, heavy metal-containing batteries, wood treated with dangerous substances, waste electronic and electrical equipment and discarded CFC-containing equipment. Data on the amounts of HHW discarded are very limited and are hampered by insufficient definitions of what constitutes HHW. Consequently, the risks associated with the disposal of HHW to landfill have not been fully elucidated. This work has focused on the assessment of data concerning the presence of hazardous chemicals in leachates as evidence of the disposal of HHW in municipal landfills. Evidence is sought from a number of sources on the occurrence in landfill leachates of hazardous components (heavy metals and xenobiotic organic compounds [XOC]) from household products and the possible disposal-to-emissions pathways occurring within landfills. This review demonstrates that a broad range of xenobiotic compounds occurring in leachate can be linked to HHW but further work is required to assess whether such compounds pose a risk to the environment and human health as a result of leakage/seepage or through treatment and discharge"
Keywords:		"Air Pollutants/analysis Environmental Monitoring/legislation & jurisprudence/statistics & numerical data Europe Gases/analysis *Hazardous Waste/analysis/legislation & jurisprudence *Household Products Metals, Heavy/analysis North America *Refuse Disposal/;"
Notes:		"MedlineSlack, R J Gronow, J R Voulvoulis, N eng Review Netherlands 2005/01/01 Sci Total Environ. 2005 Jan 20; 337(1-3):119-37. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.07.002"