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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Hazards from the Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsites: A Review
Authors : Himanshu Yadav, Pawan Kumar, V. P. Singh
Published in: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management through Design
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
With the rapid increase in the population and urbanization, the generation of waste increased. As the cities are growing with rapid rate, the dumpsites which was initially outside the city come within the domain of city. This paper focuses on hazards from the open dumping of municipal solid waste. Various hazards are associated with the waste dump sites, e.g. surface water contamination, ground water contamination, bad smell or odour, release of greenhouse gases, accidental hazard caused by fire, slope instability, loss of vegetation, Soil contamination and bird-hit etc. These problems are due to lack of leachate collection and treatment, liners are not provided, shortage of cover and poor site design or no design. Need for the engineered barriers, rehabilitation and closure of waste dump sites is discussed.