Cost of Solid Waste Management: A Case of Bolu

Abstract

Numerous studies concerning municipal solid waste management have been conducted in the literature, and there is a considerable accumulation of knowledge and experience about municipal solid waste management in Turkey. On the contrary, there are a few studies carried out about the cost of municipal solid waste management in Turkey. In this study, the cost of municipal solid waste management was investigated in the case of Bolu, and results were presented in the paper. The stream of municipal solid waste in the province of Bolu is periodically collected and distributed to the waste recycling center. Once papers, metals, and plastics that can be recycled are sorted out in the waste sorting center, the remaining solid waste is stored at the sanitary landfill. The cost of municipal solid waste management practice in Bolu is determined as 33,51 TL/ton waste and 56% of which value is used for worker.