IMPACTS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF LANDFILLS

Yilmazi I., Yildirim M., Topkaya B.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, cilt.28, sa.2, ss.608-613, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Dergi Adı: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.608-613
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Environmental impacts, Landfilling, Life cycle assessment, Municipal solid waste, Sustainable waste management
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

As a result of human activities, massive amount of municipal wastes is produced daily. There are several management options for these wastes. According to the general accepted hierarchy, landfilling has the lowest priority as the environmental impacts are significant. On the other hand, landfilling and wild dumping play a very important role in municipal solid waste management in developing countries and, especially wild dumping is the major disposal art for municipal solid wastes. In these countries the rate of source separation is generally very low and the major disposal method of the commingled collected wastes is the uncontrolled landfilling. The major environmental impacts of landfills are leachate and landfill gas production. The main idea of this study is to minimize the environmental impacts of these sites. Environmental performances of the alternatives are compared by using SimaPro 7.1 LCA software. The results indicate that source separation with high public participation together with biodegradable waste management are the major issues which will enhance the efficiency of waste management and lead to minimize the environmental impacts.