TITLE:
The Evaluation of Municipal Landfill Sites in North of Iran through Comparing BC Guideline and Iran Legislation
AUTHORS:
Mohadeseh Yazdani, Masoud Monavari, Ghasem Ali Omrani, Mahmoud Shariat, Mohsen Hosseini
KEYWORDS:
Landfill Siting; Evaluation; Siting Criteria; BC; DOE; MPO
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.4 No.8,
August
5,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Selection
of landfill site is a complex process which demands many diverse criteria. The significance of the present study lies in the fact that it tends to
evaluate the suitability of the existing municipal landfill sites in the west
area of Mazandaran province, located in north of Iran, and the south coast of
Caspian Sea. In order to carry out this evaluation, 3 guidelines are used. After reviewing all the specified criteria in each of the guidelines, the authenticity of each deposit site of the study area and the entire area also was examined; and eventually the appropriate areas were identified. As a result, 62.38 percent of the study area according to the guideline
of British Columbia, 25 percent according to the Iran department of
environment, and the 48.5 percent
according to the management and planning organization of Iran are suitable for
landfill siting.