Survey of Feasibility of Recycling Specialized Town (A case of study :Mazandaran Province, Iran)

Considering that Mazandaran Province due to climate and ecosystems is a unique place with severe restrictions on landfill suffering, solid waste management an emphasis on creating specialized town of recycling seems very important, because in addition to reducing waste disposal problems caused by massive production in the province, is considered from various aspects of health, environmental, economic, employment, etc. In this study, the crowds in the four provinces of Sari, Amol, Babol and Ghaemshahr (54 %of the population of the province) are considered solid waste cities. Generally, production in these cities is the amount of paper and paperboard 52.68 ton per day, plastic 49.74 ton per day, PET 5.4 ton per day, metals 6.04 ton per day, glass 7.41 ton per day, rubber 2.89 ton per day. Due to high volume production of recyclable materials, the constructions of a specialized recycling town are quite essential.