Heavy Metal Concentrations in Landfill Soils from Bangladesh and Worldwide

A 9.5 KB Excel file comparing average heavy metal concentrations in soils. The dataset, authored by Sanjida Sultana Santa and licensed under CC-BY-4.0, presents comparative data from landfill sites in Bangladesh and global literature. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking soil contamination levels based on comparative heavy metal concentration data
• Assessing environmental risk from landfills based on described metal concentration data
• Comparing regional pollution profiles based on the Bangladesh and worldwide data mentioned
• Supporting policy or remediation planning based on the described concentration comparisons

Strengths

• Specific focus on heavy metal concentrations in landfill soils
• Includes comparative data from Bangladesh and global literature
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is very small (9.5 KB), suggesting limited scope

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely compiled from literature review and original measurements

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 17:35:03; freshness should be verified

Geography

Bangladesh and worldwide