Estimations of Flood Waste from Rural Dumpsites Located on Floodplains from Neamţ County, Romania

Abstract

Waste dumping is a serious environmental threat to  major rivers from extra- Carpathian Region of Neamţ county in the proximity of villages because the lack of waste collection services. In this context, floodplains are frequently susceptible to such bad practices, these areas  being also exposed to stronger floods. The paper aims to  calculate the  potential waste taken  from these areas   in order to assess a quantitative  impact  of these bad practices.