scholarly journals Municipal solid waste management and landfill site selection in Greece: irrationality versus efficiency

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-161 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Landfill Site ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Landfill Site Selection ◽  
Msw Management

Municipal solid waste (MSW) collection and disposal is a major problem of urban environment in the world today. MSW management solutions have to be technologically feasible, legally and socially acceptable and environmentally and financially sustainable. European policy is pushing to a rational management of natural resources; a promising technological perspective today is waste valorization, a process that becomes possible through sorting at the source, combined with material recycling and waste-to-energy methods. On the other hand, technologies like mechanical sorting, or disposal of MSW in landfills do not really improve MSW management efficiency. Landfills should become the ultimate disposal site of a few inert residuals from MSW valorization. Despite all this, conventional landfills for disposal of mixed MSW are still being constructed, with landfill site selection being a major social problem due to the lack of public acceptance; objectivity in landfill site selection is therefore extremely important. In Greece, we find several examples of inefficient MSW management and curious landfill site selection. In this paper, we criticize environmental policy issues for MSW management in Greece and identify weak points in the criteria used for the selection of landfill sites. We conclude that there is a real need for rational MSW management based on high quality scientific input.

GIS based environmental decision support system for municipal landfill site selection

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 583-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anurag Ohri ◽  
Prabhat Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Landfill Site ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Landfill Site Selection ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Suitability Index

PurposeA GIS based environmental decision support system for municipal solid waste management under Indian socio‐economic and regulatory conditions, named as EDSS‐MSWI has been developed. This paper intends to report the methodology and application of the EDSS‐MSWI for municipal landfill site selection taking a case study of Varanasi city (India).Design/methodology/approachEDSS‐MSWI has been developed using VB.NET and ArcGIS Engine programming tools. A set of 13 criteria are selected for primary landfill site selection. Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) has been used to give weights to different criteria. The criteria were aggregated and suitability index (S) is generated using weighted linear combination (WLC) technique in GIS environment. The suitability index (0‐10) values are classified into four categories (Excluded, Less Preferable, Suitable and Best Suitable) to select the landfill site.FindingsThe results indicate that there are at least four locations under the “best suitable” category where adequate land seems available for landfilling in Varanasi. It is found that GIS based multi‐criteria decision analysis (MCDA) can be a powerful tool for such applications.Research limitations/implicationsThe weights of different criteria have been based on the opinion of three experts only. This may involve subjectivity to that extent. Aggregation of more experts’ views may further refine the values of weights.Practical implicationsThe developed tool provides a helpful guide to solid waste management planners.Originality/valueThe development of EDSS‐MSWI is the first of its kind in India to consider all aspects of municipal solid waste management in a holistic way and present it in an independent software form.

scholarly journals MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL SITE SELECTION USING MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING AND GIS: CASE STUDY OF BURSA PROVINCE

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volkan Yildirim ◽  
Tugba Memisoglu ◽  
Sevket Bediroglu ◽  
H. Ebru Colak
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Landfill Site ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Landfill Site Selection ◽  
Waste Landfill

Rapid population growth, economic development and industrialization have created many problems related to municipal solid waste management (MSWM) in developing countries like Turkey. Solid waste disposal has become mandatory because of increasingly common factors such as global warming and contamination of water resources. In recent years, this situation has revealed the need for effective management of solid waste. Suitable site selection requires evaluation and analysis of multiplefactor. Therefore, it is very important that the design of landfill site selection take into account environmental, economical and sociologicalfactors. In order to do this, the Geographical Information System (GIS) used with Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques is a useful tool for creating a model. One such MCDM is the Spatial-integrated Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). In this study, TOPSIS was applied to integrate environmental, economical and sociological sensitivity into determine alternative solid waste landfill sites for Bursa Province, Turkey. Using the data obtained by comparing the geo-statistics, six of the most suitable landfill areas were determined. In the final stage, as a result of this study, the Kayapa district was identified as the most suitable landfill area.

scholarly journals Analysis of Multi-Criteria Evaluation Method of Landfill Site Selection for Municipal Solid Waste Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 02010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Habiba Ibrahim Mohammed ◽  
Zulkepli Majid ◽  
Norhakim Bin Yusof ◽  
Yamusa Bello Yamusa
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Landfill Site ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Landfill Site Selection ◽  
Multi Criteria Evaluation ◽  
Selection For

Landfilling remains the most common systematic technique of solid waste disposal in most of the developed and developing countries. Finding a suitable site for landfill is a very challenging task. Landfill site selection process aims to provide suitable areas that will protect the environment and public health from pollution and hazards. Therefore, various factors such as environmental, physical, socio-economic, and geological criteria must be considered before siting any landfill. This makes the site selection process vigorous and tedious because it involves the processing of large amount of spatial data, rules and regulations from different agencies and also policy from decision makers. This allows the incorporation of conflicting objectives and decision maker preferences into spatial decision models. This paper particularly analyzes the multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) method of landfill site selection for solid waste management by means of literature reviews and surveys. The study will help the decision makers and waste management authorities to choose the most effective method when considering landfill site selection.

Municipal solid waste landfill site selection: a geotechnical and geoenvironmental-based geospatial approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imoleayo O. Fatoyinbo ◽  
Akinola A. Bello ◽  
Olabanji O. Olajire ◽  
Olaoluwa E. Oluwaniyi ◽  
Oluwaseun F. Olabode ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Landfill Site ◽  
Landfill Site Selection ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Landfill ◽  
Waste Landfill

Using a Carbon Balance to Estimate Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation From Municipal Solid Waste Management

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Bahor ◽  
Keith Weitz ◽  
Andrew Szurgot
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Carbon Balance ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Msw Management ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Changes Over Time

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is internationally recognized for its potential to be both a source and mitigation technology for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Historically, GHG emission estimates have relied upon quantitative knowledge of various MSW components and their carbon contents, information normally presented in waste characterization studies. Aside from errors associated with such studies, existing data do not reflect changes over time or from location to location and are therefore limited in their utility for estimating GHG emissions and mitigation due to proposed projects. This paper presents an alternative approach to estimate GHG emissions and mitigation using the concept of a carbon balance, where key carbon quantities are determined from operational measurements at modern municipal waste combustors (MWCs).

scholarly journals Deploying Municipal Solid Waste Management 3R-WTE Framework in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and Future

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5711
Author(s):  
Laith A. Hadidi ◽  
Ahmed Ghaithan ◽  
Awsan Mohammed ◽  
Khalaf Al-Ofi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Residential Camp

The need for resilience and an agile waste management system in Saudi Arabia is vital to control safely the rapid growth of its municipal solid waste (MSW) with minimal environment toll. Similarly, the domestic energy production in Saudi Arabia is thriving and putting a tremendous pressure on its huge reserves of fossil oil. Waste to energy (WTE) plants provides a golden opportunity for Saudi Arabia; however, both challenges (MSW mitigation and energy production) are usually looked at in isolation. This paper at first explores the potential of expanding the WTE energy production in the eastern province in Saudi Arabia under two scenarios (complete mass burn with and without recycling). Secondly, this study analyzes the effect of 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) practices implementation in a residential camp (11,000 population) to influence the behavior of the camp’s citizens to reduce their average waste (kg/capita). The results of the 3R-WTE framework show a potential may reach 254 Megawatt (MW) of electricity by year 2030. The 3R system implementation in the camp reduced MSW production from 5,625 tons to 3000 tons of household waste every year, which is considered lower than what the surrounding communities to be produced in the same area.

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