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Integrating environmental damage costs into the traditional net present value framework (NPVE) demonstrates that municipal solid waste dumpsite reclamation projects are economically viable, contrary to the results of conventional economic evaluations. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To establish an environmentally weighted net present value framework that integrates fire-induced losses and environmental damage costs to assess the economic viability of dumpsite reclamation.

September 12, 2026ACS Sustainable Resource Management

Critical Valuation of Fire-Induced Losses at Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsites: An Innovative Environmentally Weighted Net Present Value Framework for Viability Assessment of Reclamation Projects

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AVAjay Sundaresan Vasanthi SJSam Prakash Jayakumar ANAnzila A Navaz

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Economic valuation reveals that accounting for environmental damage costs renders dumpsite reclamation profitable, indicating traditional metrics severely undervalue landfill remediation.

Key Points

To establish an environmentally weighted net present value framework that integrates fire-induced losses and environmental damage costs to assess the economic viability of dumpsite reclamation.
Incorporated environmental damage costs (EDC) into standard net present value (NPV) using site-specific post-fire data from the Brahmapuram dumpsite in southern India.
Calculated pollutant unit damage costs adjusted for India, estimating baseline EDC between 15.9 and 933.8 USD per tonne of waste.
Conducted sensitivity analyses varying EDC by ±20% and discount rates by ±2%, alongside stress tests applying a 10% decrease in profits and 10% increase in costs.
Conventional NPV estimated a net loss of –9.1 million USD, whereas the environmentally weighted framework (NPVE) demonstrated viability with a positive return of +8.5 million USD.
Nationwide projection across 2,452 dumpsites indicates potential recovery of 22.6 million tonnes of recyclables and 239.1 million tonnes of refuse-derived fuel, valued at approximately 6.1 billion USD.
Reclamation across national sites would mitigate approximately 29 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent in landfill gas emissions, offsetting an estimated 4.36 billion USD in environmental damage costs.

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Vasanthi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa51f39327956e4761f97ef https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.6c00173

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September 12, 2026ACS Sustainable Resource Management

Critical Valuation of Fire-Induced Losses at Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsites: An Innovative Environmentally Weighted Net Present Value Framework for Viability Assessment of Reclamation Projects

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Authors

AVAjay Sundaresan Vasanthi SJSam Prakash Jayakumar ANAnzila A Navaz

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Overview

Economic valuation reveals that accounting for environmental damage costs renders dumpsite reclamation profitable, indicating traditional metrics severely undervalue landfill remediation.

Key Points

To establish an environmentally weighted net present value framework that integrates fire-induced losses and environmental damage costs to assess the economic viability of dumpsite reclamation.
Incorporated environmental damage costs (EDC) into standard net present value (NPV) using site-specific post-fire data from the Brahmapuram dumpsite in southern India.
Calculated pollutant unit damage costs adjusted for India, estimating baseline EDC between 15.9 and 933.8 USD per tonne of waste.
Conducted sensitivity analyses varying EDC by ±20% and discount rates by ±2%, alongside stress tests applying a 10% decrease in profits and 10% increase in costs.
Conventional NPV estimated a net loss of –9.1 million USD, whereas the environmentally weighted framework (NPVE) demonstrated viability with a positive return of +8.5 million USD.
Nationwide projection across 2,452 dumpsites indicates potential recovery of 22.6 million tonnes of recyclables and 239.1 million tonnes of refuse-derived fuel, valued at approximately 6.1 billion USD.
Reclamation across national sites would mitigate approximately 29 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent in landfill gas emissions, offsetting an estimated 4.36 billion USD in environmental damage costs.

Cite This Study

Vasanthi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa51f39327956e4761f97ef https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.6c00173

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