NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN ZIRC AREA

Abstract

The amount of generated solid wastes increases from year to year in the whole world. One of the causes of this fact is the increasing population, but the change of the standard of living plays an extremely important role, too. The enterprise dealing with municipal solid waste (they are also responsible for the waste collection in some of the surrounding villages) is collecting about 95-105 m3 of compacted waste every week from the area of the town. As far as waste management is concerned, Zirc – as smaller Hungarian settlements – can be characterised with disposal in a landfill site. However, the necessity of a new waste management system is connected with the drinking water supply of the town. The different possible waste disposal methods were evaluated mostly from environmental and social acceptance viewpoints, a brief waste reduction plan was recommended. The digitised map of the surrounding area was created, as far as land usage, contour lines, surface waters, topsoil types, geological formations, artificial facilities are concerned. With the help of the electronic processing of these data, two possibly suitable areas were found for a new municipal waste landfill site.