Municipal solid waste (MSW) is the natural result of human activities. MSW generation modeling is major significant in municipal solid waste management system planning. Predicting the amount of generated waste is difficult task because it is affect by various parameters. In this research, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was trained and tested to weekly waste generation (WWG) model in Sari’s cit...

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...

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...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper introduces a framework developed for the waste management sector supported by Performance Indicators. It was designed in order to be coherent and articulate and to enable full integration of its information. These indicators proved to be a useful management tool. This framework includes 167 performance indicators (PI) divided into two types of information: 58 Contex...

This paper identifies instituional arrangmenets and characteristics which either facilitate or impede regional cooperation in municipal solid waste management. The research draws upon an examination of five solid waste regions formed in Tennessee in 1992 in response to state legislation requiring development of comprehensive solid waste management plans. Characteristics and institutional arrang...

Waste management, being one of the most important aspects of urban development, is gaining importance among developing nations. Landfills, which were initiated for hazardous waste management and subsequently transformed into sanitary landfills, have been the most widely adapted practice for municipal solid waste management worldwide. However, the conventional design of landfills not only fails ...

Research was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of producing methane gas from combined segregated municipal and agricultural waste. The combination of the two wastes resulted in sufficient nutrient value and bacterial diversity to improve the biodegradability of cellulose and increase the efficiency of gas production from the combined wastes. The feedstock included municipal solid waste with...