Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics; A Case Study of Nowshera City, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| Author(s) | : | Zeeshan Baseer, Shahryar Khan Baseer |
| Institution | : | M.Sc Environment Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Published In | : | Vol. 7, Issue 1 — January 2020 |
| Page No. | : | 39-52 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste, its generation, characteristics, management and issues for NowsheraCity was carried out according to ASTM-D5231-92-2008 testing method, while a general study on laws governing SWMwas also discussed. The data generated was compared to the MSW assessment of other cities of Pakistan to findsimilarities. Estimated amount of recyclable material in MSW was found out while estimated amount of energy producedin Waste-to-Energy plants on Nowshera city waste was calculated. Environmental tests on river water and hospital wastewas carried out. In the end the best Solid waste management solution for Nowshera city based on the project wasdiscussed.
Zeeshan Baseer, Shahryar Khan Baseer, “Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics; A Case Study of Nowshera City, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 7, Issue 1, pp. 39-52, January 2020.
