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2. Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in Jordan
Current Conditions and Prospective Future
Eng. Mohammad Aljaradin
Water Resources Engineering, 2010
Lund University , Sweden

3. Socio-Economic and Solid Waste Data
Population : 5.4 Million
Municipal Solid Waste Generation
1.46 Million ton/year
0.95 kg/day/capita
H.A. Abu Qdais 2007
MSW Collection Coverage: 95%
Municipal Solid Waste Composition

4. The Physical Composition of MSW (%)63
Kitchen garbage 11
Paper
0.3
Ceramics
0.4
Garden 16
Plastics
2.1
Glass
4.3
Fabrics
Metals
0.6
Others
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5. Solid wastes generation in some Arab countries
County
Municipal waste
Kg/Capita/day
Country
Bahrain
1.6
Qatar
1.3
Egypt
1.2
Saudi
Jordan
0.9
Syria
0.5
Kuwait
1.8
Tunis
0.6
Oman
0.7
UAE
Morocco
0.33
Yemen
0.45
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6. Solid wastes generation industrial countries
Country
Municipal waste
Kg/Capita/day
Municipal waste
Canada
1.65
Germany
0.8
Denmark
1.32
Japan
1.26
Finland
0.47
Netherlands
1.04
France
0.9
USA
1.98
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8. Solid Waste Responsibilities in Jordan
12 governorates
93 municipalities
collection and transportation
22 Common Service Councils(CSCs)
Operation and management Landfills
24 Landfill

9. Solid waste Stream in Jordan
Municipalities
house-to-house waste collection
Door to door
No sorting
No Recycling
CSC,s
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10. Transfer Stations
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12. Current Situation of Landfills

13. Open Dumping still the Only Practice
Occasional cover in most landfills
Open burning, bad odor, flies.
Hard access roads inside outside landfill.
Used for disposal hazardous waste.
Used for waste water disposal (septic tank)
50% population served by sewerage system

14. Mixed municipal waste (no separation at points of generation)
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15. Landfills are Not Operated Correctly
Basic infrastructure is not available.
Shortage of the needed machinery.
Used soil for liners compacting
Where is should be HDPE.
Manpower Problems:
Lake of training
Low salaries
No regulation role their work

16. 2 of 24 have leachate system
Leachate and gas collection facilities
2 of 24 have leachate system
1 of 24 have gas collection facilities
This lead to:
Groundwater, Soil and Air Contamination
Health Problems to worker and to
Residences.
Lost of the potential energy from utilizing landfill gas

17. Private Sector Involvement
Big landfills rented to contractors.
No legislation controlling of their work.
Using children labors.
Expose workers to more health problems.
Encourage poor family to live near the landfill.

18. How to operate start in landfills:
Daily cover, Stop open burning.
Construction
Fencing, weighbridge, buildings, Access road
Leachate collection system, Drainage system
Ensure no disposal of hazardous waste
Employing will trained technicians.

19. Recycling practices inside landfills
+ Formal level regulated by Municipalities or NGOs
Alakidr landfill is rented with JD /year
Alhsinyat landfill JD/ year
Alhmra landfill JD/ year
+ Informal level by Private sector involvement
scavengers
Scavengers inside Landfills
Aluminum cans
Plastic
Metals
Wood
Glass cans
Paper
Cartoons
Tires
Scavengers on streets
Scavengers outside landfills
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20. Recycling potential: Alakidr landfill is rented with 60000 JD /year,
Alhsinyat JD/ year
Alhmra landfill with JD/ year
The prices of some sorted materials.
Price (JD /Ton)
Recycle materials
300
plastic
200
Colorful fabrics
350
A white cloth
250
Iron
110
Aluminum 65
Cardboard

21. Jordan 1st Sanitary Landfill
Conducted as per international standards.
The nearest residential area is 8 km.
The site lays on low permeability soils
Low precipitation and high evaporation.

22. Electricity Sector 6 5 10 66.7 Industrial Sector
Bio gas contribution in Jordan Energy(GWh)
2004
2005
2006
2007
2006/2007
Electricity Sector
8471
9138
10646
12609
18.4
Steam units
7168
7524
5731
6525
13.9
Gas Turbines /diesel
464
341 67 32
-52.2
Gas Turbines /Natural gas
776
648
943
916
-2.9
Diesel Engines/HFO 1 2 4
-75
Hydro Units 53 57 51 61
19.6
Wind Energy 3 -
Bio Gas 6 5 10
66.7
Combined Cycle
558
3841
5061
31.8
Industrial Sector
496
516
474
392
-17.3
Steam Units
422
445
446
379
-15 74 71 28 13
-53.6
Total
8967
9684
11120
13001
16.9
Electricity authority 2010

23. Conclusion:
The current situation of landfills in Jordan is not promising because of the bad situation for most of the operating landfills.
The weak financial status of the municipalities and CSCs, stand against getting modern solid waste collection and successful landfill operations
None of the municipalities or CSCs have or use written procedures for MSW management, either at collection and landfilling
This situation prevents the involvement of the private sector in the development of an integrated solid waste management industry
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24. Recommendations:
Develop the Awareness among general public with regard to waste Recycling and reduction.
Urgent developing for solid waste management legislations
Encourage private sector to invest in the field of solid waste management for better waste collection, recycling and treatment
Training of staff of Common Services Councils, municipalities
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25. Land filling should be practiced where large amounts of waste are dumped ensuring exploitable amounts of biogas.
Composting should be practiced with less amounts of waste and where biogas generated is not enough to be economically feasible.
Encourage private sector to invest in the field of solid waste management for better waste collection, recycling and treatment.
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26. Properly located according to proper sitting criteria.
Reduction of the number of landfill sites to three regional sites which are:
Properly located according to proper sitting criteria.
Properly designed and constructed on sanitary basis with lining, lechate collection and treatment and biogas extraction and utilization.
Al Ghabawi landfill site can be considered as one of these sites since it's a sanitary landfill.
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27. Transfer stations should be properly located and well managed.
Waste compaction in transfer stations should be avoided to allow for waste separation before final disposal.
Closure and rehabilitation of improper landfill sites.
Benefit from Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) -carbon finance should be considered.
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28. Main Route for Designing Sanitary Landfill
Political will
Management commitment
Recycling ,Collection, Landfilling
Technical ability
Financial resources 1
Open dumping 2
Controlled dumping 3
Engineered dumping
Sanitary landfill
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29. Thank you for your Attention