Reviewing the municipal waste management in Massjed Soleiman, Iran in connection with environmental health

Nowadays, solid waste management is one of the major concerns of the human societies. Waste volume and diversity as well as its complexity have made it more difficult for collection and disposal. Distribution and sanitary disposal of these materials not only have provided the environment with an ugly landscape, pollution of water resources, soil, and air, but also have jeopardized humans life with prevalence of many diseases. First, the circumstance of zoning the municipal districts, equipment and municipal facilities, waste resources as well as the circumstance for collection and disposal and then the amount of produced wastes in the temporary stations were determined per day; then, the current issues in the waste management system from production to the final disposal were identified in Masjed Soleiman City. The samples were prepared according to the standard method, and then the composition of the percentage and moisture of the wastes were calculated. The chemical composition of the leachate was determined through identifying parameters such as pH, BOD, COD, volatile substances, dried residue and heavy metals. The results showed that the average total amount of waste production and its per capita per year have been 14,407,663 and 162 kilograms, respectively. The inventory management system, various problems such as traditional management, lack of knowledge about new technologies the low yield and non-hygienic tools and methods of collection, which have caused heap of garbage in different parts of the city, leachate leakage and accumulation of stray animals and vermin and unhealthy atmosphere of the city all are the consequences of the incorrect management. Furthermore, the results suggested that mean concentration of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn were 0.528, 5.34, 3.95, 2.015, 1.309 and 6.565 and mean concentration of COD and BOD were 41523.2, 35500 mg /l, respectively. According to the results in order to prevent from diseases and environmental effects and increased diseased caused by the current waste collection method, fundamental and technical modifications for the solid waste management are necessary in this regard.