Landfill emissions and their impact on the environment

Abstract

The waste management of Solid-fluid remains a major challenge that faces sustainable environment and human health. Effluents from disposal facilities and waste treatment generate direct as well as indirect impacts on the welfare of humans and the environment. The direct impacts include the material destruction, damage to health and loss of aesthetic values. Also, the indirect effects develop a long term impact, encompassing ecosystem imbalance and climate change. The challenges and mitigating the waste disposal problem has happened to be greater due to high growth rate of population, economic expansion, industrial growth and urbanization. The purpose of this review paper is to obtain the maximum information from the international and national literature, on Waste management, and landfill procedures adopted in every country, and the drastic impacts landfill and incineration practices generate on the environment and human health.