Evaluation of Sustainable Development by comparing Objectives of Landfill Mining in world

Pourya Alipour Atmianlu¹ Reza Badpa² Mohammad Ali Abdoli³

1) 1. MSc Student, School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. E-mail:
2) 2. MSc Student, School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Email:
3) 3. Professor, School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Email: mailto:

Publication : The 1st International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban Regeneration(iccar.ir)
Abstract :
Nowadays, according to the ever-increasing importance of the environment, all planning and legislation try to promote environmental protection. Economic considerations also have a crucial role in the policies and programs of a country. Considering the importance of the two stated factors in the waste management system landfill mining method is suitable for sustainable global development, in which landfills from past decades are mined by proper machinery and detected wastes are used for various purposes. In this article different goals of landfill mining in three continents of Asia, Europe, and North America have been analyzed, including environmental conservation, amusement park construction, use as fertile land, as well as the use of mined materials for production of building material, energy generation, fertilizer, electricity generation and so on. Besides, the role of landfill mining in the economical cycle as well as on the extraction of energy from mined materials by using the thermochemical method has been discussed.
Keywords : landfill mining sustainable development waste management system environmental protection Recycle