1st Istanbul International Geography Congress Proceedings Book
Evaluation of effect on soil pollution of wild open dump areas
Emre Özşahin, Hüseyin Sarı, İlker Eroğlu, Orhan Yüksel, Mehmet ÖzdeşIn this study, it is aimed to evaluate the effect of landfills on land pollution by disordered storage method. The study was carried out in the case of Çorlu landfill, where solid wastes from the surrounding settlements were collected by open dumping (wild) method between 2004-2017. The study was carried out on the basis of heavy metal analysis of 22 soil samples taken from 0-30 cm depth from the ground points to represent the area at best. Results of the analysis are compared with both and Turkey Soil Pollution Control values and previously conducted water pollution results in the same area. The results of the study thematically mapped using GIS-based techniques. The results obtained from the Çorlu landfill revealed that the main risk of soil pollution in disordered landfills is leachate. In addition, the spatial distribution of soil pollution in these areas was affected by topographic conditions, especially slope factors. In this context, disordered waste dump sites have been determined to immediately affect both ambient soil and the water resources directly by leaking water as pollutants.