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Assignment
You are employed by a local municipality as an environmental
health officer and are placed in charge of solid waste disposal
and management.
Case Assignment
Currently, the county disposes of their municipal solid wastes in
a landfill. The landfill’s capacity will end in a few years and a
new option is being considered to manage solid waste
management in the county for the next 50 years. Write a paper
in which you:
Compare and contrast two alternatives for the county’s solid
waste disposal (for example landfill versus incineration).
Examples of factors to consider in your analysis may
include:
- environmental impacts
- human health impacts
- resource conservation or recovery
- occupational hazards for operators
- sustainability
Select the best method for solid waste disposal in this scenario
setting and explain your rationale. (Landfill, Incineration,
combustion, recovery/recycling, or plasma gasification)
Assignment Expectations
Length: 4-5 pages, APA format, scholarly sources required.
Useful Resources
: (use at least one)
Marshall, R. E., & Farahbakhsh, K. (2013). Systems approaches
to integrated solid waste management in developing countries.
Waste Management, 33(4), 988-1003
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2019b). Learn
the basics of hazardous waste. Retrieved from
https://www.epa.gov/hw/learn-basics-hazardous-waste#hwid
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2019). Land,
waste, and cleanup topics. Retrieved from
https://www.epa.gov/environmental-topics/land-waste-and-
cleanup-topics

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  • 2. combustion, recovery/recycling, or plasma gasification) Assignment Expectations Length: 4-5 pages, APA format, scholarly sources required. Useful Resources : (use at least one) Marshall, R. E., & Farahbakhsh, K. (2013). Systems approaches to integrated solid waste management in developing countries. Waste Management, 33(4), 988-1003 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2019b). Learn the basics of hazardous waste. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/hw/learn-basics-hazardous-waste#hwid U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2019). Land, waste, and cleanup topics. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/environmental-topics/land-waste-and- cleanup-topics