Risk assessment of gaseous emissions from municipal solid waste landfill: case study Rafah landfill, Palestine
by Ahmad A. Foul; Mazen Abualtayef; Basel Qrenawi
International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), Vol. 14, No. 2, 2014

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).

Online publication date: Sat, 30-Aug-2014

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