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 - January 1995 (PDF) (53 pp, 267 K)
- Background Document (PDF) (143 pp, 237 K)
- Related Information
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
- Draft Section - October 2008 (PDF) (30 pp, 315 K) What is a draft?(701 B) (TXT 1K)
- Background Document - Background Information Document for Updating AP42 Section 2.4 Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, EPA/600/R-08-116, September 2008 (PDF) (249 pp, 3 MB)
- Landfills - Related Information(420 K) - These are spreadsheets referenced in the background report. The source tests will be scanned and posted at a later date.
- Final Section - Supplement E, November 1998 (PDF) (19 pp, 76 K)
- Background Document (PDF) (125 pp, 630 K)
- 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)