Comparison between Incineration and Landfill methods – Zahrit Al-Finjan Landfill

Abstract This project aims to study the whole process of Zahrit AL-Finjan landfill. Zahrit AL-Finjan landfill has been chosen in particular because of the large number of the received complaints about its bad conditions. It has a full capacity of wastes therefore; it was necessary to find an effective solution. The suggested solutions are two types of waste disposal methods which can be used in the landfill. The first solution is to apply the incineration process and the second one is to make a well-managed landfill to be a source of energy by burning methane. methane is being released with the emissions from landfills. However, the economic and the environmental aspects are discussed in this study. Moreover, the calculations of incineration (economic calculations) have been done to get the results of the annual electrical energy production. The production is 271.2 GWh / year which costs $33.9 million annually and the value of Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) equals$ 0.13 / KWh. On the other hand, calculations of the landfill were also done to get the results of the annual electrical energy production. The production is 74.5 GWh / year which costs $3.8 million annually and the value of Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) equals$0.05 / KWh. Environmentally, the amount of emissions released from the incineration have been calculated. The emissions of Nitrous oxide, Carbon dioxide and Methane were all calculated to get the total amount of CO2 equivalent which is 856.48 Kg CO2 eq / ton of waste, whereas, the amount of emissions released from the landfill have been calculated for carbon dioxide and methane to get the total amount of CO2 equivalent which is 77.98 Kg CO2 eq / ton of waste.