IMPACT OF THE OPEN VENTING OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ON

THE PROPERTIES OF THE SOIL IN A MOUNTAIN REGION.

Barros María¹, Herazo Miguel¹, Pernett Daniel¹, Torreglosa Eliana¹, Vargas
Katheryn¹
Programa de Ingeniería Ambiental
Universidad de Córdoba
ABSTRACT
The final disposal of urban solid waste without prior treatment brings a series of problems
for the components of nature, including the soil. The leachate detected from solid waste
detected an impact on soil properties.For the realization of this study, it will taken four
landfills located in the open sky in the Himachal Pradesh region are taken specifically in the
areas of Solan, Sundernagar, Mandi and Baddi, the total generation of waste from the city is
18 ton / day where it is estimated that The amount of waste per capita from 2011 to 2041 will
increase from 0.4 to 0.6 Kg / day.
In each of the zones 6 samples are taken at 3 different depths; 0.5 1.0 and 1.5 meters as well
as 4 natural or control areas to compare the geotechnical properties measured. These
properties are specific gravity, particle size graduation, liquid limit, plastic limit, plasticity
index, maximum dry density (MDD), cohesion, internal friction angle and permeability
which are used to measure the characteristics of solid waste where The results show that these
properties in the four study areas have been severely hampered due to the pollution generated
by the open dumping of waste. Solid waste is the type of waste that is most found in landfills
in the four areas are organic waste and less proportion of materials such as metals, batteries,
glass, for this reason the analysis of data revealed that there are no significant differences in
the Properties of contaminated and uncontaminated soil but in turn leachate generate
compaction, density, but the concentration of these decreases with depth. The dumping of
waste hasn’t generated changes even in the study areas, but if it continues rampant it can
cause negative effects on the soil properties.