ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS: A CASE STUDY FROM JORDAN
Landfilling has been used for many years as the most common mean for solid waste disposal generated by different communities (Komilis et al 1999). Despite the intensive efforts that are directed to the recycling and recovery of solid wastes, landfills remain and will remain an integral part of most solid waste management. Solid waste disposed in landfill usually subjected to series of complex biochemical and physical processes, which lead to the production of both liquid and gaseous emissions. As water percolates through the solid waste matrix, leachate produced which contains soluble components and degradation products from the refuse. Green house gases such as methane and carbon dioxide are generated during the stabilization of solid waste organic fraction. Volatile components of the solid waste tend to be emitted into the
atmosphere with the evolved landfill gases.
Landfills have been and will remain the dominant alternative for the ultimate disposal of municipal solid waste. However, landfilling of solid waste was associated with certain adverse environmental impacts. This has created some sort of objection from the public and decision makers’ side for setting a new landfill. One tool to gain the acceptance of the public and the decision makers is to conduct an EIA study of the selected site, so as to eliminate and/or minimize the adverse impacts of the site. This paper is aiming at presenting the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for Al Ghabawy landfill site of the Jordanian Capital City (Amman), so as to identify the significant adverse impacts and to recommend the necessary mitigation measures. Site visits, survey and scoping session revealed that the most serious issues that might have adverse impacts and required special attention were leachate and gaseous emissions from the landfill. The study analyzed the extent of the above impacts and the required measures to avoid or to minimize them were recommended. Furthermore, operational guidelines, monitoring, and post closure measures were suggested. The procedure followed and recommendations made by this study may serve as guidance for planners and decision makers to conduct EIA for landfills under similar conditions.
| Copyright: | © IWWG International Waste Working Group | |
| Quelle: | Specialized Session C (Oktober 2007) | |
| Seiten: | 10 | |
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| Autor: | Hani A. Abu Qdais  | |
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