Municipal wastewater and solid waste landfill are the primary source of persistent hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs), including endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and carcinogens for human beings, which could be discharged into the environment accompanied with leachate. Sorption of phthalic acid esters (PAEs: diethyl phthalate, DEP: dibutyl phthalate, DBP as model compounds) in landfill leachates by activated carbon(AC), carbon nanotubes(CNTs), and biochars, were examined. The young leachate (YL) and old leachate (OL) were synthesized to imitate acetogenic and methanogenic phases, respectively, and glucose (GLU) and fulvic acid (FA) were selected to represent dissolved organic matter (DOM). GLU in leachates generally facilitated the sorption of PAEs while FA restrained sorption of PAEs, suggesting the type of DOM associated with leachates possibly regulated the removal efficiency of PAEs from leachates. The pores and organic carbon of carbonaceous sorbents should be major factors in influencing the sorption of PAEs in leachates. The data showed PAEs in acetogenic leachates was removed more easily than those in methanogenic leachates and CNTs have the less advantage to remove PAEs from methanogenic leachates compared to AC Figure 1. <img src='https://acs-archive-assets2.s3.amazonaws.com/se_sw_rm/uploads/61082_abstractgraphics.jpg' alt='' />.

Comparative sorption of phthalic acid esters in two kinds of landfill leachates by the carbonaceous sorbents

248th National Meeting (2014)

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