Safety assessment of landfill soil in San Mateo, Rizal

Authors

Julie May Requiso ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Manila
Migel Antonio Catalig ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Manila
Sarah Johnson ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Manila
Astrid Korina Gabo-Gianan ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Manila
Mon Bryan Gili ⋅ PH Applied Physics Research Section, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute
Edanjarlo Marquez ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Manila

Abstract

Sanitary landfilling is one of the initiatives done by the local government in waste management. The waste from this site contains heavy metals that can cause soil contamination. Heavy metal concentration in landfill soil in San Mateo Sanitary Landfill was determined through scanning electron microscope – electron dispersive xray (SEM-EDX) technique. Acquired values were then compared to standard Earth’s crust value. Results show that the values of Ca, Mg, and K are lower compared to the standard while Al is relatively high. This is attributed to the oxisol soil classification of the chosen site. An enrichment factor pollution index was used to determine elemental enrichment in the soil with respect to the base line concentration. Results for Ca (0.064-0.785), Mg (0.027-0.729), and K (0.060-0.601) suggest that the metals detected are due to natural occurrences. Iron enrichment factor corresponding to a range of 1.458 – 5.233, with an average value of 2.545 indicate that there were anthropogenic contributions. Anthropogenic sources of iron in the landfill is attributed to waste coming from industrial facilities such as steel industries.

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Issue

2019: Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Article ID

SPP-2019-PB-43

Section

Poster Session PB

Published

2019-05-25

How to Cite

[1]

JM Requiso, MA Catalig, S Johnson, AK Gabo-Gianan, MB Gili, and E Marquez, Safety assessment of landfill soil in San Mateo, Rizal, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 37, SPP-2019-PB-43 (2019). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2019-PB-43.