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Landfill Vinca - problems and the landfill’s potential

Nikola Tepic, nikola.tepic3bg@yahoo.com
Third Belgrade Grammar School, Center for talented Youth Belgrade II

1. Introduction 20%, followed by plastics, which account for its share of
over 15%, a glass and fine materials with less than 10 %...
One of the most interesting fact is that diapers account for
Vinca Landfill is located in the north- eastern part of the nearly 4%.
city. It is the only official landfill where is disposed all The study area was observed following heavy metals in
waste of Belgrade's population. However, apart from Vinca, high concentration ranges (Cu , Pb and Zn). The sources of
there is a large number of illegal dumps, especially in these heavy metals are: metal packages, aluminum waste,
suburban municipalities, due to lack of machinery and pesticides, fertilizers, organic waste, ash... ). There were
manpower and/or rare of relating waste, or lack of sampling a water of the Danube at several locations in
resources. All of these lead to the same. Utility companies Belgrade and it was shown that the water quality is the most
clean these illegal dumps, depending on accessibility and polluted in Vinca and Smederevo (Category IV ) as a result
other circumstances. However, the landfill Vinca is still the of heavy metals.
primary problem of Belgrade, because it does not only Development and urbanization of cities lead to a growing
affect the local population , but also the entire region of number of population, which requires the proper treatment
Serbia and other towns downstream of the Danube. Due to of urban and industrial waste. As one of the solutions, I
growing population and an increase in industrial production would suggest building a waste sorting center at the landfill
and consumption, there is an increasing amount of waste, site, which would sort newcomers waste and waste that is
which in ecological terms lead to increased pollution.
already on the landfill. After sorting it, it would be sold to
recycling centers. Development of sorting center, of course,
requires a large investments, but they are quite minimal
2. Methods compared to the revenues that would be generated from
newcomers waste and the waste which is already on
Used data is primarily collected in cooperation with the landfill. Of course, all this could be firstly examined in the
Serbian Environmental Protectian Agency and the market as a pilot project, where the sorting would have
Department of Environment and Ecology, as well as other been performed manually, using manpower, and later on, if
organizations and institutes. Processing the data, my goal it turns out to be an excellent project, it could be went on
was to spot the amount of pollution in general, as well as with investments in equipment and logistics.
finding some solutions to this situation, which could be set
up as a pilot project at first.
The amount and composition of waste is measured by the
standard procedure, which already exists and which is used
in the utility company - according to the number of vehicles
that serve the citizens of Belgrade ( 350-400 vehicles) and
their sourcing power.
Picture 2 - Place packages sorted waste into trucks for
disposal at recycling centers

4. Conclusion

Picture 1 – Measuring the weight of loaded truck before Belgrade is a great city, and these kind of projects could be
extradition
implemented in other cities and municipalities in Serbia.
Advantages: new jobs, net profit, costs almost the same as
In order to estimate the quantity of heavy metals in the soil without the Sorting Centers. The monthly income of over €
of the landfill, it was used a method which consist of taking 2 million. Disadvantages: price drop of the waste materials.
3 samples in vertical sidesection of the land beneath it – in
depth(s) of: (I) 0-10 cm, (II) 10-20 cm, (III) more than 20
cm. Samples were taken under the waste material that is 5. References
disposed at the site for at least about 12 months earlier.

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PRESENCE OF HAZARDOUS AND HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN
3. Results SOIL OF CENTRAL SERBIA, Belgrade, 2009.
2. Institute of Public Health, Regional Environmental Center, Belgrade
City Administration, QUALITY ENVIRONMENT OF BELGRADE IN
By analyzing the collected data, there are the following 2008, 2009, 2010TH, Belgrade, 2008,2009,2010.
results. The largest share of waste, of Belgrade population, 3. www.sepa.gov.rs
has biodegradable waste and garden waste, totaling more 4. www.gradskacistoca.rs
than 35%, followed by further paper and paperboard with