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Vetiver Phytoremediation Technology for Rehabilitating Shiraz Municipal Landfill , Iran
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Jalalipour, Haniyeh |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | The overall concept of landfill treatment is to keep the entombed waste isolated and to minimize its offsite pollution spreading to adjacent the adjacent environment. In Shiraz 69.1% of its domestic wastes contain putrescible organic matter which produces large quantities of leachate and gas. Construction of conventional leachate treatment plants is limited due to their high cost and leachate characteristics. Therefore, to control the production of landfill leachate from 2009 till now, several greenhouse and field experiments on vetiver grass were carried out to determine the possibility of using this technology for vegetative capping the landfill area and its potential to decontaminate the soil around the landfill. Greenhouse experiment results showed vetiver can tolerate irrigation with 45% of leachate. Field experiments showed that vetiver can well adapt to Shiraz landfill conditions and survive. Cultivation of vetiver in large scale offers a pleasant view as an additional advantage, as well as to become a very effective soil and water conservation measure. Therefore, it can be concluded that vetiver planting is the best option for Shiraz landfill capping after closing |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.vetiver.org/ICV6_PROC/ENVIRONMENTAL%20PROTECTION/6%20H.%20Jalalipour%20Paper.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
