Waste Source Separation Management for Urban Mining: A Change Strategy to Improve Quality

The aim of Urban Mines is to provide information, expert advice, support, direction and financial solutions to waste, energy, and climate change problems [1]. There are several effective ways of separating recyclable materials; one possible way is to separate it as mixed waste in suitable plants i.e. curbside, MRF (Material Recycling Facility) or landfill. It identifies, evaluates, analyzes past experiences and their compliance with new methods of solid waste management based on social, economic, technical, environmental and health considerations associated with the management concerns that have a positive and valuable effect in solving problems and optimization of source separation schemes in large cities. The aim of this study is to evaluate past experiences in Tehran, study positive and negative points of view of different methods and provide a model for source separation. On the basis of an experimental work and the merits of a new system, results suggested an "integrated waste source separation system" should be adopted. In preparing a new plan on the resolution of the problem previous experience in Tehran was examined, as well as the other metropolitan cities in Iran and similar projects that have been implemented in other countries.