AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON LAND DEGRADATION DUE TO DUMPING OF HAZARDOUS WASTES IN CHENNAI

AUTHOR – MRS. S P VIDYASSRI, RESEARCH SCHOLOR, SRM SCHOOL OF LAW, SRMIST, KATANGULATHUR

Best Citation – MRS. S P VIDYASSRI, AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON LAND DEGRADATION DUE TO DUMPING OF HAZARDOUS WASTES IN CHENNAI, INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL RESEARCH JOURNAL, 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 213-221, ISBN – 978-81-960677-0-0.

ABSTRACT

  Thousands of old landfills and dumpsites exist in the course of the developing international locations representing a hazard for human health for the next a long time, unless appropriate measures are taken. Landfill mining, involving the excavation, screening and separation of material from landfills into various components including soil, recyclable substances and residues is principal to the sustainable method to lengthen the landfill existence and to remediate contamination from unlined open dumps. The consciousness of this paper is on the idea and software of landfill mining as a key part of sustainable landfill control especially for the rehabilitation of the municipal strong waste dumpsites in growing international locations. The paper could discuss the findings of the research on mining of decomposed substances from the dumpsites at Kodungaiyur and Perungudi, close to Chennai and compare with the outcomes of similar research in Deonar, near Mumbai in India, Europe and USA.

KEYWORDS – Landfill mining, open dumps, sustainable landfill, rehabilitation, involving the excavation.