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  • Studying municipal solid waste generation and composition in the urban areas of Bhutan

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    Phuntsho, Sherub
    Dulal, Ichharam
    Yangden, Dechen
    Tenzin, Ugyen M
    Herat, Sunil
    Shon, Hokyong
    Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Herat, Sunil S.
    Year published
    2010
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    Bhutan lacks the solid waste data which are essential parameters for planning and scheduling of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) systems. The first ever large-scale research survey on solid waste generation and characterization in the urban areas of Bhutan was conducted between November 2007 and January 2008 using the method of waste sampling at source. The MSW generation rates in the urban centres were 0.53 kg capita-1 day-1, which consists predominantly of organic waste materials of up to 58% indicating a great opportunity for composting. Domestic waste from the households contributed the maximum (47%) component of ...
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    Bhutan lacks the solid waste data which are essential parameters for planning and scheduling of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) systems. The first ever large-scale research survey on solid waste generation and characterization in the urban areas of Bhutan was conducted between November 2007 and January 2008 using the method of waste sampling at source. The MSW generation rates in the urban centres were 0.53 kg capita-1 day-1, which consists predominantly of organic waste materials of up to 58% indicating a great opportunity for composting. Domestic waste from the households contributed the maximum (47%) component of the total MSW generated from the urban centres followed by wastes from the commercial establishments. Attempt to study the correlation between household monthly income and the waste per capita generation rates did not yield any conclusive result.
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    Journal Title
    Waste Management & Research
    Volume
    28
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X09343118
    Copyright Statement
    © 2009 The Authors. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Environmental management not elsewhere classified
    Civil engineering
    Environmental engineering
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/30242
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