Municipal solid waste management in Tehran : Changes during the last 5 years

• Malmir, Tahereh

• Tojo, Yasumasa

抄録

The situation of waste management in Tehran was a typical example of it in developing countries. The amount of municipal solid waste has been increasing and the city has depended on landfill for municipal solid waste management. However, in recent years, various measures have been taken by the city, such as collecting recyclables at the source and increasing the capacity of waste-processing facilities. As a result, significant changes in the waste stream are starting to occur. This study investigated the nature of, and reasons for, the marked changes in the waste stream from 2008 to 2012 by analysing the municipal solid waste statistics published by the Tehran Waste Management Organization in 2013 and survey data on the physical composition of the municipal solid waste. The following trends were identified: Although the generation of municipal solid waste increased by 10% during the 5-year period, the amount of waste directly disposed of to landfill halved and resource recovery almost doubled. An increase in the capacity of a waste-processing facility contributed significantly to these changes. The biodegradable fraction going to landfill was estimated by using the quantity and the composition of each input to the landfill. The estimated result in 2012 decreased to 49% of its value in 2008.

収録刊行物

• Waste management & research

  Waste management & research 34 (5), 449-456, 2016-05

  SAGE Publications

キーワード

• Waste management in developing countries
• waste stream
• waste composition
• landfilling
• resource recovery from waste
• biodegradable fraction in landfilled waste

詳細情報

• CRID: 1050001339020522240
• NII論文ID: 120005766744
• HANDLE: 2115/62267
• ISSN: 0734242X
• 本文言語コード: en
• 資料種別: journal article
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  • CiNii Articles