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Anna University Chennai Asian Institute of Technology University of Kalmar India Thailand Sweden Dumpsite rehabilitation manual
Dumpsite Rehabilitation Manual
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PROJECT TEAM
Anna University Chennai Centre for Environmental Studies, Chennai 600 025, India
Dr. Kurian Joseph, Assistant Professor
Dr. R. Nagendran, Professor
Dr. K. Thanasekaran, Professor and Director
Asian Institute of Technology School of Environment, Resources and Development, Environmental Engineering and Management Pathumthani – 12120, Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. C. Visvanathan, Professor
University of Kalmar School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kalmar, Sweden
Dr. William Hogland, Professor
Research Staff
Anna University Chennai, Centre for Environmental Studies, Chennai 600 025, India
Mr. O. Parthiba Karthikeyan Mr. N. Narayana Moorthy
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PREFACE
The Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology (ARRPET) funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is aimed at research on environmental concerns relevant to Asia. The issues covered include wastewater, air pollution, solid and hazardous wastes. The project is coordinated by the Environmental Engineering and Management Programme, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, involving National Research Institutes (NRIs) in eight countries.
This manual is an outcome of the research on Sustainable Solid Waste Landfill (SWLF) management in Asia under ARRPET. Four NRIs: National Engineering Research Center for Urban Pollution Control, Tongji University, China; Centre for Environmental Studies (CES), Anna University Chennai, India; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Thailand representing the respective countries have been coordinated by AIT. This joint research was to investigate suitable methods for sustainable SWLF management.
This manual is a compilation of the research findings on “Dumpsite Rehabilitation and Landfill Mining” to support the worldwide initiatives on Sustainable Landfill Management. Sustainable landfill management in Asian region can be a reality in the long term. The emphasis shall be on a phased approach to the implementation of more sustainable processes that make up the desirability hierarchy of waste management in addition to solving immediate problems.
The objectives of this manual are to ensure that the open dumps are fully characterized, investigated, remediated and closed properly and to assure public health and safety. Primary focus was given to the upgrading of the operating/existing dumpsites, the most common practice of waste disposal in Asian countries. Open burning, stagnant pools of polluted water, infestations by rats and flies, scavenging by domestic animals and rag picking through the wastes by scavenging community are a common sight. The presence of waste pickers has a major impact on the operation of the dumpsite as they pose a safety hazard not only to the scavengers but to the dumpsite employees as well. It reduces the efficiency of waste disposal due to the interference with operations at the tipping face and starting of fires by the scavengers, which cause air pollution problems.
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When used appropriately, the process described in this document will help to ensure that a good strategy is developed and implemented effectively.
It is hoped that this report will be useful for the government agencies and policy makers involved in urban planning and development, in general, and in the Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM), in particular to plan and implement sustainable urban solid waste management programme.
We take this opportunity to thank Sida for facilitating this phase of an important and opportune research. We look forward to the adoption of integrated methodology for MSWM in the study countries as well as in other Asian countries.
This report also includes the outcome of discussions with those involved in MSWM in the South Asian countries, literature review and project activities during the study period. The project team acknowledges with thanks the contribution of the participants in the discussions.
In conclusion, we express our gratitude to the following experts for critically reviewing this report and their valuable suggestions prior to its publication: