Investigating Environmental Management of Municipal Waste Transport in Yazd City Using WAGS Software
Subject Areas : environmental managementNaeimeh Hekmatnia 1 , Abdulreza Karbassi 2 , Seyyed Ehsan Hatef 3 , Seyyed Iman Hatef 4
1 - Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Science and Arts, Yazd, Iran
2 - Associate professor, Faculty of Environment, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
3 - - B.Sc of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Azad University, Yazd, Iran
4 - M.Sc of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.
Keywords: Management, municipal, waste, Collection, transport, Software, WAGS,
Abstract :
Introduction: Uncontrolled urban development on one hand and changes in the pattern of consumption on the other hand has faced human with unexpected environmental pollution .Un-doubtfully waste production is among the very significant sources of environmental pollution which is created by man. Therefore, modern solid waste management is necessary to overcome the created problem. Such management should carefully consider various aspects of waste generation, storage, collection, transportation, recovery, recycling and final disposal. Among these costs the highest costs of waste management belongs to transportation. This includes both collections from residential areas and transporting to transfer stations and finally transporting to the landfill. Methods: In the present investigation, municipality Yazd city is selected to examine cost of transporting using the WAGS software. Result and discussion: The results show that the highest percentages of total transportation cost is allocated to the wages of personnel (almost 51%). The other components such as vehicles, repairs, full and others have a share of 39, 4, 2 and 1% of the total cost of collection and transportation of solid wastes. Conclusion:The overall expenditures of waste collection is about 176700 million Rails that is indicative of need for additional investment equal to 151497 million Rails to the year 2022.At present the cost of collection and transportation of wastes to the transfer station is about 260 Rails/Kg. This amount encompasses all personnel, vehicle, fuel and other associated costs. It is estimated that above mentioned cost will increase from 260 to 210 Rails/Kg in the year 2022.At present each family has to pay 67570 Rails/year as a cost of collection.
