Regulatory impact analysis for mineral processing wastes. Evaluation of environmental impacts from municipal solid waste management in the municipality of aarhus, denmark easewaste. Characterization, treatment, environmental impacts. Mining in the context of sustainable management of natural capital.
Chapter waste management department of environmental. These surveys are rapidly becoming accepted as integral parts of mine waste characterization programs. Characterisation and management of incinerator wastes. The strong pedagogical framework is supported by case studies from around the world, endofchapter summaries as well as lists of resource materials and sites for each waste type. The impact of disposal and treatment of coal mining wastes on. Characterization, treatment and environmental impacts this book provides a thorough, uptodate overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites. Analytical methods for classification and disposal of industrial waste and characterization of urban wastes for disposal will be exposed exercises. It is therefore very important to have in place an efficient waste management system to prevent the harmful impacts of wastes.
Tool for the reduction and assessment of chemical and other environmental impacts traci and the centre of. Mine wastes characterization, treatment and environmental. Mining adversely affects the environment by inducing loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, and contamination of surface water, groundwater, and soil. Characterization of municipal solid waste healthy people 2020. Hazardous waste, impact on health and environment for. European commission dg environment establishment of. Kaya is the chief town of the province of sanmatenga. Oct 04, 2014 this study focuses on the characterization of environmental impact indices of solid wastes in suurulere, one of the local government area lgas in nigeria using gabi5. Characterization, treatment and environmental impacts, 2012.
This book is not designed to be an exhaustive work on mine wastes. There are books which cover the principles and practices of environmental management at mine sites hutchison and ellison 1992. Because of these cases, the agency is concerned about the. Management of sulfidebearing waste, a challenge for the. Apr 25, 2017 mines are known to cause severe environmental problems. Our study aims to identify the environmental impacts of sewage sludge treatment and disposal routes in order to highlight which system is the most suitable from an environmental point of view. Characterization, treatment, environmental impacts this book provides a thorough, uptodate overview of wastes. Municipal solid waste and similar wastes by enviros consulting ltd and university of birmingham, with risk and policy analysts ltd, open university and maggie thurgood department for environment, food and rural affairs, u.
Coal mine drainage pollution and its remediation springerlink. This book has arisen out of teaching mine waste science to undergraduate and. Mine wastes, characterization, treatment and environmental impacts. Evaluation of environmental impacts from municipal solid. Mine wastes, second edition, characterization, treatment, environmental impacts. The results show that contaminants are released after selfignition and weathering of coal mining wastes, but they are not above the allowable environmental standards. Abandoned mine site characterization and cleanup handbook pdf. Published by the american geosciences institute environmental awareness series. This thorough and authoritative reference work on the characterization, prediction, monitoring, treatment, and disposal of mine wastes relates so well to the important environmental impact of energy and mineral resource development. Landfill leachate impacts from coal ash and exploration. There are also a number of books and reports addressing particular mine. Management, monitoring, and auditing strategies covers all the aspects related to mining and the environment, including environmental assessment at the early planning stages, environmental management during mine operation, and the identification of major impacts.
Mining in the context of sustainable management of natural. Review of environmental and health effects of waste. However if manganes e, itsel is noft a sufficientlt higyh level to causs e adverse environmental impacts, it should not be used for a performance or design criteri aat aml sites. Pedersen geborg university, gundberg laboratory, department of general and marine microbiology, medicinaregatan 9c, s4 90 geborg, sweden accepted 27 february 1996 abstract mine wastes have been.
Such an inventory, to be made available to the public, shall be carried out by 1 may 2012, taking into account the methodologies as referred to in article 21, if available. The impact may have an active effect like the emission of airborne pollutants, or may have a passive effect like aesthetics or habitat modification. This handbook focuses on environmental hazards at abandoned mining sites. Characterization, treatment and environmental impacts bernd lottermoser todays best practice in environmental mine waste management requires a thorough understanding of the wastes produced. The major potential environmental impacts associated with mining and associated mineral processing operations are related to erosionprone landscapes, soil. In the traditional modern economy, natural resources are mined and extracted, turned. It includes data on waste generation, recycling, and disposal as well as data on per capita generation and discard rates. Characterization, treatment, environmental impacts this book provides a thorough, uptodate overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites. Mine wastes characterization, treatment, environmental impacts. Handbook against the backdrop of site specific environmental and regulatory factors. The determination of the physical, chemical and radiological properties of the waste to establish the need for further adjustment, treatment, conditioning, or its suitability for further handling, processing, storage or disposal.
Characterization, treatment and environmental impacts this book provides a thorough, uptodate overview of wastes. Geoenvironmental models of mineral deposits describe pertinent earth science and engineering information about the environmental characteristics of geologically similar mineral deposits. A case study in the city of kaya, burkina faso 1081. Directive 200621ec on the management of waste from the extractive industries the extractive waste directive. Kirkeby jt1, birgisdottir h, hansen tl, christensen th, bhander gs, hauschild m. Reduction of toxics in the waste, such as lead, cadmium and mercury, can also be accomplished by the manufacturers and by preventing items relationship between waste composition and environmental impact. Introduction the release of acidic drainage from abandoned mines, mine tailings impoundments, and waste rock piles is the largest environmental prob. Lottermoser mine wastes characterization, treatment, environmental impacts second edition with 10 figures and 43 tables springer.
It deals comprehensively with sulfidic mine wastes, mine water, tailings, cyanidation wastes of goldsilver ores, radioactive wastes of uranium ores, and wastes of phosphate and potash ores. However, despite these findings, more and closer attention needs to be paid to the mobility, transportation and accumulation of these contaminants in the environment over time. Characterization, treatment and environmental impacts bernd lottermoser auth. Characterization, treatment and environmental impacts. Aug 26, 2007 also, the growing importance of the topics mine wastes, mine site pollution and mine site rehabilitation in universities, research ganizations and industry requires a textbook suitable for undergraduate students. Environmental impact of mining and mineral processing 1st.
A major aim of the report is to identify gaps in knowledge that indicate impor. Characterization of environmental impact indices of solid. The agency has found many cases in which environmental damages were caused by these bevillexempt wastes, including several cases in which nonbevill feedstocks were being added to units generating the exempt waste. Centre for environmental policy, imperial college london, london sw7 2az, u. Environmental impacts of sewage sludge treatment and disposal. Lottermoser mine wastes characterization, treatment. Treatment refers to any process that is designed to minimize the environmental impact of waste by changing the physical properties of waste or separating out and destroying toxic components of waste. Environmental impacts of waste management deficiencies and health issues. The supplemental rule expands upon the proposed phase iv land disposal restrictions ldr rule pdf 46 pp, 668k published on 22 august 1995 60 fr 43654. The characterization of municipal solid waste msw report describes the national waste stream. Characterization, classification waste catalogue risk phrase, management and treatment of industrial wastes and its legal framework will be considered. Environmental impact of mining and mineral processing. Characterization, treatment and environmental impacts is an unordinary book that the inside of the guide waiting for you to snap it but latter it will shock you with the secret the idea inside.
The suggested limits are shown in a table, which fixes the ranges by which wastes will be characterised for the proposal of landfilling according to the composition of their leachates. The book emphasizes the characterization, prediction, monitoring, disposal and treatment as well as environmental. Mulligan 1996 and the environmental impacts of mining ripley et ai. Mine wastes characterization, treatment and environmental impacts.
Land disposal of solid wastes can lead to environmental impacts associated to the leaching of pollutants to surface and ground water. See damage cases and environmental releases, epa, 1997. The book emphasizes the characterization, prediction, monitoring, disposal and treatment as well as environmental impacts of problematic mine wastes. What is the environmental impact of the mining industry. The abandoned mine site characterization and cleanup handbook handbook is the result of the collective efforts and contributions of a number of individuals. As a complement to applicable horizontal eu environmental legislation, a specific framework for the safe management of waste from extractive industries at eu level is in place comprising. Other established treatment procedure for prevention of sulphide oxidation and amd generation includes isolation, selective handling, codisposal, blending and surface treatment of waste materials produced at mine site. Waste classification was carried out in the selected houses of the lga. Mine wastes characterization, treatment, environmental impacts bernd g. During the earliest days of handbook development, mike bishop of epa region 8 lead the effort to develop a superfund mine waste reference document for epa project managers working on mine. This regulatory impact analysis ria estimates the costs, economic impacts, and benefits of the supplemental rule addressing newly identified hazardous mineral processing wastes.