Authors : Habib Fathi, Abdolhossinpari Zangane, Hamed Fathi and Hossein Moradi
Abstract: The increasing amount of solid waste generation and its improper disposal has huge social costs and is an issue of increasing concern. There are strict mandatory targets in many nations to reduce the amount of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) entering the landfill. At present, the source reducing, recycling and reusing, waste combustion and composting of MSW are the major strategies which are carried out. Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) practices in Zanjan a city with population of about 350000 persons are generating about 300 ton of MSW daily those are consisting of the collection, transportation and land filling of the wastes. The wastes are neither recycled nor composted but just mainly land filled. The generation, characteristics determination and management of solid wastes in Zanjan were studied. The samplings of MSW were performed in all 4 seasons during 2010 and the percentages of its main components were determined. The qualitative and quantitative results showed that the composting of MSW is feasible and can be adopted, as a proper MSWM method in the studied area. Recycling of paper, plastic and glass along with composting of MSW are also advised.
Habib Fathi, Abdolhossinpari Zangane, Hamed Fathi and Hossein Moradi, 2014. Municipal Solid Waste Characterization and it’s Assessment for Potential Compost Production: A Case Study. Agricultural Journal, 9: 93-98.