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Backyard burning of household waste in rural areas. Environmental impact with focus on air pollution.

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The paper examines the environmental threats associated with the burning of household waste in open piles across rural communities with a focus on Neamt County (Romania) as a case study of uncontrolled waste disposal practice. This option derived from the lack of efficient municipal waste collection schemes, and on the other hand, it is a traditional disposal route for agricultural wastes besides open dumping on the surroundings. This study estimates the potential amounts of household waste uncollected by formal waste management services to be burnt by rural communities related to regional waste management features and how such bad practice interacts with geographical conditions. The paper performs a quantitative analysis of waste indicators and makes estimations on consequent environmental impact focusing on inventorying air pollutants. The spatial analysis provides an appropriate cartographic representation of the analyzed phenomenon. The conclusions converge towards two main ideas: 1) open burning of mixed household waste could be a significant air pollution source at the local scale, and 2) better rural waste management practices are needed to be implemented in the study area to mitigate environmental and public health threats.
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hal-02196188 , version 1 (27-07-2019)

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Florin Constantin Mihai, Alexandru Banica, Adrian Grozavu. Backyard burning of household waste in rural areas. Environmental impact with focus on air pollution.. 19th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation, Jun 2019, Albena, Bulgaria. pp.55 - 62, ⟨10.5593/sgem2019/5.1/S20.007⟩. ⟨hal-02196188⟩
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