تقويم و تطوير إدارة النفايات الصلبة البلدية في مدينة النجف

الملخص EN

This project deal with the study of solid waste of AL-Najaf city which belongs to AL-Najaf Governorate, one of the important Iraqi cities which has religious interest, This study include the identification of solid waste characteristics (generation rates, physical components, moisture content , density) .

The examinations have been done on the waste for eight months as a rate, for the period from December 2003 A.D.

until July 2004 A.D., to take into account the changes of seasons of the year and temperature on these characteristics.

The rate of collection results were of 0.420 kg/person/day for generation rate and density of waste 473 kg/m3, as to moisture content were 48%.

In addition to that, a comprehensive planning system has been achieved to management the solid waste of the city including all the activities from the point of generation to final disposal in a manner that minimizes environmental impacts.

This research includes, two types of solid waste collection systems will be used, the vehicles and labor requirements for each system have been calculated.

This study also includes the estimate of land fill volume required for disposal of Al-Najaf city with two adjacent cities (Kufa and Al-Manatherah), from year 2004 to year 2017, and future land requirement for one combined sanitary land filling (1000x1400) m.