Micropollutants in Leachate from Nonthaburi Solid Waste Disposal Site in Thailand

Abstract

Micropollutants contained in leachates from the Nonthaburi open dump site in Thailand were investigated. The leachate contained as high as 5 mg · l^-1 of bisphenol A and 0.06 mg · l^-1 of toluene, while the concentrations of these compounds in the leachate from the Nakornpatom engineered landfill adjacent to the Nonthaburi site were between 1/100 and 1/1000 of those in the Nonthaburi site. It is suggested that the heat generated by the biodegradation of wastes promoted the release of the micropollutants from plastic wastes in the solid waste disposal site.