Tinmaz Esra, Demir Ibrahim
Trakya University, Corlu Engineering Faculty, Department of Environmental Engineering, 59860 Corlu/Tekirdağ, Turkey.
Waste Manag. 2006;26(3):307-14. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2005.06.005. Epub 2005 Aug 19.
Over the past decades, uncontrolled population growth and rapid urbanization and industrialization have resulted in environmental problems in Corlu Town, Turkey. One of the most important problems is solid waste due to inadequate management practices. Nowadays, increasing public awareness of the environment compels local authorities to define and to adopt new solutions for waste management. This paper presents a general overview of current solid waste management practices in Corlu Town and principles of the recommended municipal solid waste (MSW) management system. In Corlu, 170 tonnes of municipal solid waste are generated each day, or 1.150 kg per capita per day. Approximately one-half of the municipal solid waste generated is organic material and 30% of the MSW consists of recyclable materials. The recommended system deals with maximizing recycling and minimizing landfilling of municipal solid waste, and consists of separation at source, collection, sorting, recycling, composting and sanitary landfilling. This study also analyzed the recommended system with respect to feasibility and economics. To evaluate whether the suggested system is cost effective or not, the operating cost of the recommended system and market prices of recyclable materials were compared, and the results show that the recommended system will reduce required landfill volume up to 27% of compared to the present situation. The profit of the recommended system is estimated to be about 80 million US dollars.
在过去几十年里，土耳其科鲁镇人口增长失控以及快速的城市化和工业化导致了环境问题。其中最重要的问题之一是由于管理不善造成的固体废物问题。如今，公众环境意识的提高迫使地方当局为废物管理确定并采用新的解决方案。本文概述了科鲁镇目前的固体废物管理做法以及推荐的城市固体废物（MSW）管理系统的原则。在科鲁，每天产生170吨城市固体废物，即人均每天1.150千克。所产生的城市固体废物中约一半是有机材料，30%的城市固体废物由可回收材料组成。推荐的系统旨在最大限度地提高城市固体废物的回收率并尽量减少填埋量，包括源头分类、收集、分拣、回收、堆肥和卫生填埋。本研究还从可行性和经济性方面对推荐的系统进行了分析。为了评估所建议的系统是否具有成本效益，比较了推荐系统的运营成本和可回收材料的市场价格，结果表明，与目前情况相比，推荐的系统将使所需填埋量减少多达27%。推荐系统的利润估计约为8000万美元。
