LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS

Solid waste management (SWM) models implemented in municipalities in the Mediterranean and Aegean regions of Turkey, while responding to the waste management needs of cities, also pose a burden on the Mediterranean environment. In this study, the analysis of the environmental burden arising from urban solid waste management and the requirements to reduce this burden were investigated, focusing on the city of Izmir, on an Aegean Sea coast. Within the scope of the study, environmental burden was analyzed by landfill gas impact modeling and life cycle assessment (LCA). In the LCA process implemented, the processes of transportation, collection, transfer to the transfer station, landfilling in the sanitary landfill and energy generation from the gas generated during the management of urban solid waste are included in the system boundaries. EPA LandGem Model was used for the evaluation of the landfill gas and SimaPro 8.5.0 software was used for the LCA study. As a result of the study, it has been determined that the total emission reduced by landfill gas energy production facility in one year in Izmir is approximately 0.50 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, and the contribution of urban waste disposed through landfill to global warming is approximately 45 million tons of CO2 equivalent in one year. Contribution of solid waste management to ozone depletion 701.3 kg CFC-11 equivalent, contribution to smog formation approximately 59.0 million tons O-3 equivalent, respiratory effect It was found to be 1814 tons of PM10 equivalent and its contribution to the formation of carcinogenic substances was 20.75 CTUh.