Economic evaluation of solid waste recycling based on a case study in the cities of Joybar and Ghaemshahr, Iran

The garbage economy is now expanding as a kind of hidden and informal economy and obviously has its causes and consequences. Given the importance of this huge portion of working capital, this study evaluates the economic performance of the centers. Solid waste recycling is discussed.

This research is a cross-sectional descriptive study. In this study, the process of economic performance assessment of solid waste recycling centers in Jouybar and Qaemshahr towns in 2018 was studied with 90 randomly selected workshops. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 24.

This study shows that 60,700 kg of waste is pumped into recycling plants daily. 1% of all workshops have a productivity of less than 100 kg, 20% of all workshops have a productivity of between 100-300 kg, 39% of all workshops have a productivity of between 300-500 kg and 40% of All workshops have a production volume exceeding 500 kg. The value of manufactured products used as raw materials of factories According to Rial calculations in 2018 is about 912765000 Rials daily, without economical saving in disposal costs.

The high potential of income generated by the activity of segregation and waste collection is significant in the riverside and upstream cities. Considering the hygiene at the source, in addition to high economic income and savings in waste disposal, entrepreneurship and employment Also provided a lot.