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Saeid Samani Majd, Hassan Hashemi, Hamid Reza Pourzamani, Fazel Mohammadi Moghaddam, Heshmatolah Nourmoradi, Ali Samani Majd,
Volume 6, Issue 5 (3-2011)
Abstract
Background: In addition to the various human environmental issues, environmental hazards due to the industrial waste mismanagement are one of the country's major problems. This especially is more important in the provinces such as Bakhtiari province where there have been concentration and diversity of the natural resources and a rapid growth of technology and industry in the recent years. Methods: To evaluate the current status of the industrial waste disposal and improving its management system in the industrial town of Borujen questionnaire method was used that the owners and industry officials were questioned personaly and the responses were recorded and finally the considered industry was visited and the schematic production process were identified. In the questionnaires the operating status, type of the activity, type and amount of the raw materials, type and amount of the products and the wastes produced by each industry were studied. Findings: In average 2200kg of general health waste are produced by the personnel activities in the Industrial town of Borujen per day. In the study performed, considering all the recyclable materials and based on physical composition of the waste found, about 68.6% of the weight of the industrial waste is reduced. But not all the recyclable materials can be retrieved. Therefore, the weight loss reaches to about 61%. Conclusion: Based on field studies in order to assess the possibility to construct industrial recycle units in Borujen, the paper recycling facilities could be used in this industrial town and according to the paper recycling industry in the town, there is a good potential in this case. Installing plastic recycling and processing facilities is not economical. It is also recommended that the Iron waste are gathered in a specific point in the industrial town and sold to the mother industries as raw materials after a specified period.
Mohammad Hassan Ehrampoosh, Ali Parsa, Ghasem Kiani, Farhad Iraji, Aref Rezaei,
Volume 7, Issue 5 (2-2012)
Abstract
Background: Solid waste management includes 8 stages including source reduction, production, storage, collection, transportation, recycling, disposal and monitoring after disposal. Production stage has a critical role on solid waste management process. Since people are the first ring of this chain, their awareness and proper attitude can lead to more accurate and more efficient performance of the system.Methods: This was a descriptive, analytical survey performed with a cross-sectional approach. The study population included 90 people from an area called "Ramshe" in Isfahan. Subjects were questioned by a questionnaire. SPSS11.5 was used for data analysis.Results: The mean awareness was 8.05 ± 1.2 (out of 14) that was evaluated as higher than moderate. The mean attitude was 2.52 ± 2.3 (zero represented indifference) that shows the attitude of people was positive. 38.5% and 33.7% of respondents respectively introduced sanitary landfills and recycling as the best method for waste disposal. In addition, 64% of people believed that waste collection should be done twice a week. Furthermore, 38.3% believed that waste collection should be done between 7-9 a.m. While 32.3% of respondents partially disagreed with selling the waste to vendors, 29.3% were completely against it.Discussion: According to the findings of this survey, there was a significant relationship between awareness and job and education level. Due to a satisfactory level of awareness about the topic of the survey, influential factors on people's low performance should be evaluated. An appropriate plan to improve the performance should also be devised. A suitable and practical recycle plan with a maximum public participation seems to be very beneficial to improve solid waste management.
