Life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology was used to determine the optimum municipal solid waste (MSW) management strategy for Eskisehir city. Eskisehir is one of the developing cities of Turkey where a total of approximately 750tons/day of waste is generated. An effective MSW management system is needed in this city since the generated MSW is dumped in an unregulated dumping site that has no li...

one of the most important concerns in tehran municipal landfill is the production of leachate and its potential for water resources pollution, this study was undertaken to examine feasibility of biological and physico/chemical treating of high-strength landfill leachate that was collected from tehran municipal landfill. average cod of the leachate in aerobic submerged membrane bioreactor is 68...

background: solid waste management has emerged as an important human and environmental health issue. municipal solid waste workers (mswws) are potentially exposed to a variety of occupational biohazards and safety risks. the aim of this study was to describe health practices and safety measures adopted by workers in the main municipal company in alexandria (egypt) as well as the pattern of the ...

escalating development of tourism and petroleum industries in small islands such as lavan-iranrequires sound solid waste management. in the present investigation, three scenarios which consist of thecombination of landfill, recycling, incineration and composting and their environmental impacts have beenevaluated for 7514 kg/day of waste generation in lavan island. for this purpose, life cycle a...

processing and recovery is a key functional element in municipal solid waste management system (mswms). reuse, recycle and recovery of valuable components of waste stream are given much attention in mswms in both developed and developing countries. the main concern of municipalities is the sound management of recyclable materials. source separation as a best practice for management of trash and...

Bhopal is the capital and the second largest city of Madhya Pradesh. There is no arrangement for segregation of waste at source. It is a known fact that even elaborate Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) schemes also fail. Hence people in MS WM activity schemes should design appropriate MSWM plan, water and landfill gas monitoring system.

This paper describes the present situation of waste and by-products utilization in cement manufacturing in Japan, introduces Ecocement which is a new cement using municipal waste incinerator ash from household activities as the primary raw material, and discusses the contribution expected of the cement industry in establishing a resource recycling-based society in this country.

Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has enacted a food waste recycling policy since 2003 as an alternative of landfill and incineration for the final disposal of municipal solid waste. Recycled food waste is currently seen as a valuable material, especially when appropriate technology is developed. This paper conducts a cost/benefit analysis based on six cases of food waste c...