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AP 42, Fifth Edition, Volume I Chapter 2: Solid Waste Disposal

2.0 Introduction to Solid Waste Disposal (PDF) (1 pg, 12 K, About PDF)
 
2.1 Refuse Combustion

  • Final Section - Supplement B, October 1996 (PDF) (44 pp, 367 K, About PDF)
  • Background Document (PDF) (120 pp, 300 K)
  • Related Information

 
2.2 Sewage Sludge Incineration

  • Final Section - May 2023 (pdf) (1.15 MB)

 
2.3 Medical Waste Incineration

  • Final Section - July 1993 (PDF) (30 pp, 595 K)
  • Background Document (PDF) (217 pp, 570 K)

 
2.4 Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

  • Final Section - August 2024 (pdf) (679.18 KB)
  • Landfill Air Emissions Estimation model (LandGEM)
    • LandGEM is an automated estimation tool with a Microsoft Excel interface that can be used to estimate emission rates for total landfill gas, methane, carbon dioxide, nonmethane organic compounds, and individual air pollutants from municipal solid waste landfills.

 
2.5 Open Burning

  • Final Section - October 1992 (PDF) (19 pp, 61 K)
  • Background Document (PDF) (16 pp, 49 K)

 
2.6 Automobile Body Incineration

  • Final Section - October 1992 (PDF) (2 pp, 15 K)

 
2.7 Conical Burners

  • Final Section - October 1992 (PDF) (3 pp, 17 K)
  • Background Document (PDF) (3 pp, 24 K)

AP 42 Emissions Factors by Chapter

Air Emissions Factors and Quantification

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