Project Summary

Solid Waste Management
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF REFUSE TRANSFER STATIONS (RTS) FOR MUNICIPALITIES OF NIGRITA AND N. ZICHNI, PREFECTURE OF SERRES

Client:  Development Company of Serres, Prefecture of Serres
Year:   2003

ISSUE
The purpose of the project was the Environmental Impact Assessment for the approval of the Environmental Permit for the construction and operation of Refuse Transfer Stations (RTS) of Municipalities of Nigrita and N.Zichni of Prefecture of Serres.

SOLUTION                                                                               RTS of Municipality of NigritaΔ.Σ.Α
Upon completion of the construction of the projects, the transportation of solid waste of all the Municipalities of Prefecture of Serres in the sanitary landfill of Serres will be achieved. Specifically:

The projects include the construction of two (2) RTS operating with the method of sealed auto-compaction containers, and their transportation to the sanitary landfill with a special vehicle fitted with a hook. For the discharge of waste to the containers it is proposed a construction of walls in order to discharge waste from the vehicles within the funnel of the container. Based on the daily capacity of the RTS, the supply of 2 containers with capacity of 40m³ and 2 vehicles with hook, one for each RTS is anticipated.

The RTS basic infrastructure includes:

The project identified all the exact deposit locations. In addition, the existing natural and human environmental condition was investigated. Further, information on the feasibility of the project was given, followed by a detailed technical description of the project.

Finally, the extent and magnitude of the environmental impact from the construction and operation of the project as well as the mitigation of the environmental impacts were described and alternative solutions were examined.

BENEFIT
The project was submitted to the responsible environmental public authority and the Environmental Permit was approved. The design of this project solved the problem of transporting solid waste to the sanitary landfill for the Municipalities of Nigrita and N. Zichni.