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Saeed Esfandiari
Institute for International Energy Studies (I.I.E.S.), Energy
Economics Research Center,
65, Sayeh St., Vali-e-asr Ave., Tehran 1967743711, Iran,
saeed.esfandiari@pedem-co.com
Masih Sekhavat
Parsian Energykaran Development Engineering & Management Co. (PEDEM),
Clean Development Mechanism Office, 1st Floor,
No.6, 18 Street, Yousefabad Avenue, Tehran, 1431894476, Iran,
masih.se@gmail.com
AbstractMunicipal solid waste problems have become a
I. INTRODUCTION
Solid waste has turned out to be one of the challenges
facing humanity in the last half a century. Municipal Solid
Waste (MSW) is, in fact, a serious business in dry areas like
Iran. One of the main reasons behind this environmental
disaster in Iran is lack of an acceptable system of natural
resource management, including the management of MSW.
This is to say that waste is the one of the factors determining
the fragile system of life in the rural and urban communities
in Iran and it has not been developed and managed to the
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Organic matter
Paper Cardboard
Textiles
Clothes
Wood
Plastics
PET
Disposable dishes
Glass
Stone
Iron
Others
Percentage %
672849
32950
16053
18717
6434
62196
6479
6174
8254
3510
4614
1105
79.6
3.9
1.9
2.2
0.8
7.4
1.3
0.7
1
0.4
0.5
0.1
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TABLE II.
The name of
components
Paper, cardboard
The contents of
components to a
lump, % weight
3.66
1.24
0.59
5.15
0.52
Stones, ceramics
Organic matter
Nylon plastics
Hard plastics
Pets
Diapers
Pads
Disposable dishes
0.52
33.89
52.09
0.28
0.28
0.86
0.31
0.52
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V. CONCLUSION
The Isfahan composting and recycling plant contributes
to the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
through the aerobic decomposition of organic waste and also
by recycling of polymer materials like PET into re-usable
polymer materials; moreover, the MSW collected from
various zones in Isfahan were treated in Isfahan compost and
recycling plant. The main problem is 500 TPD of the MSW
rejected from the plant which is disposed in the landfill site
and leads to the anaerobic decay of biodegradable waste; this
ultimately results in methane generation among other landfill
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