Open AccessInvestigation on the solid waste recovery in the industrial unites of Isfahan, Iran
Author(s) -
Saeid Samani Majd,
Hossein Measami,
Saeid Gitipour,
Mahya Kondori,
Hamidreza Pourzamani
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of environmental health engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-9183
DOI - 10.4103/2277-9183.122411
Subject(s) - municipal solid waste , recovery rate , index (typography) , waste management , investment (military) , production (economics) , environmental science , engineering , economics , chemistry , chromatography , politics , world wide web , computer science , law , political science , macroeconomics
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the professional attraction rates on solid waste recovery area, current recovery market in the study area, and to determine their activity index. Materials and Methods: The recovery of materials in the active industrial units of Isfahan industrial parks, central area of Iran, were classified and analyzed. The quantitative and experimental studies were used. In each recovery area, employment, investment rate, and production capacity of industrial units were specified and the activity index was prescribed. Results: The highest activity index in the province relates to paper and metal with 17 and 16 units, respectively. In the study area, no study has been carried out about electronic waste and old cars recovery. Also employment in paper and metal recovery industrials are more than another with 385 and 221 persons per year, respectively. Conclusion: The recovery of solid waste and distribution of solid waste production in Isfahan showed that planning of solid waste recovery industry can be developed in future