Transforming an open dump into a sanitary landfill: a development effort in waste management |
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Authors: | Tariq Bin Yousuf Md Mostafizur Rahman |
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Institution: | 1. Landfill Improvement Project, Waste Management Division, Dhaka City Corporation, Nagar Bhaban, Level-13, 5 Phoenix Road, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh 2. JICA Expert Team, Nagar Bhaban, Dhaka City Corporation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Abstract: | Upgrading a crude dump site into a sanitary landfill is a very challenging task; Matuail landfill site in Dhaka posed just
such a challenge. From the very beginning, the existing disposal site had been used for the crude dumping of solid wastes.
All types of solid wastes were haphazardly disposed of all over the site. The existing drainage channels of the dumping ground
were not operational due to blockage by indiscriminate waste dumping. A large amount of leachate oozing out from the waste
mixed with storm water and made the site esthetically very displeasing and environmentally unsound. This adverse situation
sometimes caused disruption of the waste vehicular movement. Step-by-step improvement measures have been taken in the open
dump to make it controlled and sanitary by adopting simple and locally available materials, technical guidelines, and construction
techniques. |
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