Abstract

Solid waste has always been one of the main pollutants of the environment. Solid waste management has particular importance due to the population growth and production of more diversified wastes. Therefore, it is very important to collect and dispose solid waste in a suitable way which can directly and indirectly reduce the risks to the health and safety of people and damage to the environment. To achieve this goal, providing performance indicators of waste management assessment in municipalities is useful. Since the main goal of this study was to provide indicators for measuring solid waste management status in Tehran based on HSE criteria, these indicators were identified and presented for the municipality of Tehran as a sample so that the provided framework could be used for evaluating other areas of Tehran. The results showed that the most important problems in the field of solid waste management in Tehran metropolitan area were observed in some of the studied areas with unfavorable conditions