EVALUATION OF A PILOT PROJECT FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SEPARATION AT SOURCE IN BURQEEN –JENIN, 2021 ACASE STUDY
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2022-10-11
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Diala Burhan Ali Nairat
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The West Bank in Palestine generates almost (900,000 ton/year); Zahrat al-Finjan landfill, the West Bank largest sanitary landfill, receives massive amounts of municipal solid waste every day that exceeds its capacity, leading to a potential disastrous situation. As a result, a transition from a landfill-based to a more integrated waste management system is required.
This study assessed the environmental, economic and social effectiveness of a pilot project for municipal solid waste (MSW) separation at source in Burqeen -Jenin in 2020 by comparing population awareness of the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) principle and willingness to separate waste, weights of waste that reach landfills and costs of MSW management before and after the project application. Standardized questionnaires to 305 samples from the town were distributed at the pre/post phase of the project. Then, it was analyzed statistically using the SPSS 22 program. Joint service council (JSC)-Jenin collected and measured the waste generated before and after the project application. Waste collection service costs were calculated and compared before and after project implementation using Burqeen Municipality Archive.
The findings revealed a significant increase in the local community's knowledge and awareness of SWM and the 3Rs principle, with the percentage of people who do not understand the concept of 3Rs falling from 15.4% to 5.2%. the percentage of citizens participation in waste sorting increased from 0% to 21%. The results confirmed that the separation of MSW at source reduces the percentage of waste that reaches the landfill by 22.2% after one year, and it also positively affects the municipality economic benefits were cost shifted from negative to positive.
This study concluded that implementing MSW separation at source will increase population awareness of MSWM, increase municipal financial interest, and reduce waste access to landfill, and it is recommended that solid waste separation at the source be expanded.
Keywords: municipal solid waste (MSW); Palestine; separation at source; waste reduction; 3Rs.