Title: Risk assessment of gaseous emissions from municipal solid waste landfill: case study Rafah landfill, Palestine

Authors: Ahmad A. Foul; Mazen Abualtayef; Basel Qrenawi

Addresses: Environmental Engineering Department, Islamic University of Gaza, P.O. Box 108, Rimal, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine ' Environmental Engineering Department, Islamic University of Gaza, P.O. Box 108, Rimal, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine ' UNRWA, P.O. Box 61, Rimal, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine

Abstract: This article describes the risk assessment of gaseous emissions from the municipal solid waste at Rafah landfill, Palestine. In this study, Gas-Sim model was used to quantify the gaseous emissions from the landfill and the Land-Gem model was used to verify the results. Risk assessment of both carcinogens and non-carcinogens were performed. Two scenarios were conducted namely with plant uptake and without plant uptake. The scenario with plant uptake revealed that the risk to residents is acceptable for non-carcinogens (risk value 0.45 > 1.0), while the risk to residents is not acceptable for carcinogens (risk value 2.69 × 10⁻⁶ < 10⁻⁶). The scenario without plant uptake revealed that the risk to residents is acceptable for non-carcinogens (risk value 0.42 > 1.0), while the risk to residents is acceptable for carcinogens (risk value 2.855 × 10⁻⁷ > 10⁻⁶).

Keywords: landfill gas; Gas-Sim; Land-Gem; Rafah landfill; soil waste management; Palestine; risk assessment; gaseous emissions; municipal solid waste; MSW.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2014.064077

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2014 Vol.14 No.2, pp.117 - 133

Received: 21 Dec 2012
Accepted: 28 May 2013
Published online: 30 Aug 2014 *

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