The comparison between different waste management methods of Tabas city with life cycle assessment assessment

Maleki Delarestaghi, Reza; Ghasemzadeh, Reza; Mirani, Midia; Yaghoubzadeh, Peyman

The comparison between different waste management methods of Tabas city with life cycle assessment assessment

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Reza Maleki Delarestaghi ¹

Reza Ghasemzadeh ²

Midia Mirani ¹

Peyman Yaghoubzadeh ¹

¹ School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Teharn, Iran

² School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Today, one of the main environmental issues in urban communities is urban waste management. Landfilling is a major method for waste management in Iran. This is a general method which has caused water pollution. This research is based on studies on the municipal solid d waste of Tabas city in South Khorasan province. After determining the physical and chemical analysis of municipal waste as well as location of disposal, to find out the best way to dispose of waste in terms of environmental pollution and with attention The quantity and quality of municipal solid waste produced five different scenarios for the management of urban waste and considered the amount of different pollutants in each scenario has been considered. These scenarios have been defined based on the waste management requirements of the country and used to compare these methods with each other IWM-1 software. The purpose of this work is to study the amount of different pollutants produced, the amount of energy consumed and the amount of greenhouse gas emissions.

Keywords

“Life cycle assessment”

“LCA”

“greenhouse gases”

“municipal solid waste management”