Emission and Health Costs Estimation for Air pollutants from Municipal Solid Waste Management Scenarios, Case Study: NOx and SOx Pollutants, Urmia, Iran

Since all human activities somehow lead to the production of wastes, landfill practices should be chosen in such a way that they can respond to the increasing production of solid wastes and the pollutions they cause. SOx and NOx pollutants have detrimental effects on human health. Both of these pollutants in question can potentially be hazardous to human health. The framework of this study includes an evaluation of life cycle seeking to describe and quantify the impact of resource use and emissions, waste products, processes and policies on the environment. So, in this study two scenarios are defined based on solid waste life cycles using the Integrated Waste Management Software (IWM) model in which the data is calculated using ISO- 14040 and ISO-14044 standard methods. Economic values of the effects of these pollutants on human health are estimated according to SimPacts software. In this software the IWM model is used for assessing the health effects and costs. This study is done to describe and to evaluate the available plans for scoring the different impacts of alternative waste management Scenarios for Urmia city, including landfill, composting and recycling. The procedure of this research includes investigating NOx and SOx emission rates from the municipal solid waste disposal in Urmia and also assessing the cost of damage to human health. The results of this study showed that the number two scenario with a combination of 70% composite and hygienic landfill is selected as the top management scenario with the least damage costs to the human health. In addition, investigating 12 consequences, such as mortality, Chronic Bronchitis and damages resulting from the restricted activity days are determined as the most important side effects of the emissions of these pollutants.

Keywords:

NOx and SOx Pollutants , Municipal Solid Waste , Urmia , IWM , SimPacts