A study on odour nuisance near open dump landfill

Abstract

After burial of solid waste, anaerobic condition is quickly established with the depletion of oxygen and aerobic microorganism [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Landfill gas will be generated in sites that receive biodegradable organic matter such as food, paper, wood, plastics, textiles, vegetation and so on. Biochemical degradation of organic materials, especially cellulose and hemicellulose, by action of aerobic (presence of oxygen) and anaerobic (absence of oxygen) microorganism in the landfill will produce landfill gas.