• Urvi Parekh
• MItali Shah

The process of Municipal Solid Waste Management is associated with the control of generation, collection, storage, transfer and transport, processing and disposal of solid wastes. Concentration of VOC emissions were measured at major transfer stations of Surat city located in residential areas due to human health and environmental effects as well as on sire vehicular activities. A VOC meter was used to carry out VOC measurement, a simple handy tool is becoming popular nowadays. VOCs are hazardous to human health and also contribute to ozone formation at ground level, responsible for climatic changes as well. VOC emissions were measured considering the temporal variations at Pal and Anjana Transfer Stations. The VOC levels measured in Post-Monsoon were Benzene: 0-22 ppm, Toluene: 0.1-24.6 ppm, Ethyl benzene: 0-5.5 ppm, Xylene: 0-13.2 ppm and TVOC: 0-20.8 ppm. Compared to the Post-Monsoon monitoring, the VOCs level in Post-Winter were much lower due to lower temperature and high relative humidity and thus less gas generation occurred through continuous compaction process.

Municipal solid waste management, VOC meter, Temporal variations, Meteorological parameters

"Evaluation of VOC Emission at Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Stations Situated in Residential Urban Area", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.331-341, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904049.pdf

"Evaluation of VOC Emission at Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Stations Situated in Residential Urban Area", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp331-341, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904049.pdf