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Description
The general objective of the project is to eliminate the risk of contamination with dangerous substances of the temporary waste deposit located in Deva Orizontului street, f.n. by closing it.
The specific objectives of the project are: (i)the development of the best practices guide, in order to replicate the project result; (ii) raising awareness of the impact of hazardous substances and municipal waste on the environment and public health; (iii) reducing the risk of storage and accidental pollution in the studied area, but also increasing the contribution to reducing environmental pollution. Closure of temporary Deva waste deposit aims to increase the quality of the environment, to eliminate contamination risks, complying with environmental policies. The project activities involve the work of extracting the waste stored on the site, which will reduce up to 40% of the total waste volume, followed by the process of developing the correlated technical specific steps, respecting the proposed, innovative and environmentally friendly closure technology. The entire remaining warehouse surface have to be grassed and a perimeter protective curtain made of trees or shrubs specific to the area will be created. For protecting area of uncontrolled access, project propose to secure the warehouse with a metal fence and an access gate, with a permanent wireless internet connection, powered by a system of photovoltaic panels and batteries. The permanent internet connection/service allows transmitting data to the institution that monitors the post-closure warehouse, being an innovative solution that helps the beneficiary to monitor environmental factors in real time and intervene effectively if the legal thresholds of the monitored contaminants are found to be exceeded. Data series collected in the medium and long term can bring important information about the long-term behavior of the facilities and can improve regulatory conditions and landfill monitoring processes.
Summary of project results
The project targeted the closure of the temporary waste deposit located in Deva strada Orizontului, fn., thus improving the state of the environment and eliminating the risk of contamination with dangerous substances of the area.
The project main specific activity referred to the closure of the temporary waste deposit located in Deva strada Orizontului, fn., and reducing the risk of accidental environmental pollution in the Deva Municipality area. Proper steps and works in developing the works for landfill closure conducted to the elaboration of a best practices guide, in order to enable replicating the project result in similar temporary municipal waste deposits.
Increasing the awareness about the impact of hazardous substances and municipal waste on the environment and public health was considered another important result of the project.
The implementation of the project activities led to following results:
- The development of the necessary documentation for closing the deposit and obtaining the necessary permits.
- Realization of the necessary works for the closure of the temporary landfill of Deva municipality, such as: waste treatment for recovery purposes; the realization of waterproofing system of the storage cell base; the realization of the leachate drainage system; filling the cell with the waste resulting from the recovery process; installation of the final closing package; installing the biogas collection system; the realization of the controlled rainwater collection and discharge system; installing the monitoring facilities, and, establishment of protection plantation and perimeter fencing.
- Obtaining the main project results, one temporary landfill closed.
- 1 Good Practice Guide of temporary municipal landfill closure (https://www.primariadeva.ro/images/uploads/documente/Ghid_de_bune_practici.pdf).
- Development of 2 workshops and awareness campaigns (https://www.primariadeva.ro/images/uploads/documente/Anunt_organizare_campanii_de_constientizare_2024.pdf , https://www.primariadeva.ro/images/uploads/documente/Galerie_foto_- campaigns_si_workshops.pdf ).
- Realization of 3 dissemination events: one at the project launch, one at the presentation of closing solutions and one at the project closure. For each event was published a press release.
The 69.387 inhabitants of the Deva City and neighboring areas directly benefit from the results of the project implementation – closure of the temporary municipal waste deposit.