Treatment Of Solid Waste In The Municipality Of New Orestiada, Greece

Abstract

The population of the Municipality ofNew Orestiada is about 30,000, and they generate around 10,000 kg of solid waste annually. An analysis of the waste revealed the following: plastics (7 percent); paper (18 percent); metals (3.5 percent); fermentable organic matter (60 percent); glass (2 percent); and others (9.5 percent).

Solid waste generated in the Municipality is collected on a daily basis and disposed to a landfill. It is pointed out, however, that at present the Municipality does not have any sanitary landfill facility or other means of treatment. Also, quite often the waste is not disposed to a landfill at all, and this creates environmental problems with implications for health and the environment.

The planned Fifth Council of Orestiada District which is within the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Orestiada but does not exist at present, has decided to build a sanitary landfill. The following steps have so far been taken for its construction:

This paper focuses on the management of solid waste management in the Municipality of New Orestiada, including the benefits that the proposed sanitary landfill is expected to bring.