| Waste management in Greenland: Current situation and challenges. | |
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PMID: 21382877 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Waste management in Greenland (56 000 inhabitants) is characterized by landfilling, incineration and export to Denmark of small quantities of metals and hazardous waste. The annual amount of waste is estimated to about 50 000 tons but actual data are scarce. Data on the waste composition is basically lacking. The scattered small towns and settlements, the climate and the long transport distances between towns and also to recycling industries abroad constitute a complex situation with respect to waste management. The landfills have no collection of gas and leachate and the incinerators are small and equipped with only moderate flue gas cleaning technology. This report summarizes the current waste management situation in Greenland and identifies important challenges in improving the waste management. |
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Rasmus Eisted; Thomas H Christensen |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-3-7 |
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Title: Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA Volume: - ISSN: 1399-3070 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-3-8 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9881064 Medline TA: Waste Manag Res Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. |
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