Konya Aslim Wild Storage Field Rehabilitation and gains

Abstract

Domestic solid waste is one of the main problems of cities. Until recently, people have disposed of these wastes with the wild storage method. It still continues in undeveloped or financially limited regions. Developing technology and emerging consumption habits have diversified the character of domestic waste over the years. Along with the diversified waste character, the dangerousness of these wastes has also advanced. From the beginning of the 1970s until 1999, wild storage was carried out on the Aslım locality in Konya. After this date, the rehabilitation and landfill works planned and the first stage rehabilitation have been completed. The work planned in 1999 started in 2000 and was completed in 2004. Within the scope of this work, an area of approximately 7 m height and an area of 35 hectares was rehabilitated, minimizing the negative effects on the environment and public health in the solid waste storage area, surrounded by wire fences and afforestation, creating a green belt around the site. The gas collection systems, leachate collection line and pool, intermediate cover and final cover sections on the site, which were used from 2004 to 2017, were completed and closed for waste acceptance.