TY  - JOUR
T1  - Municipal Solid Waste Characterization and it’s Assessment for Potential Compost Production: A Case Study
AU - Fathi, Hamed AU - Fathi, Habib AU - Zangane, Abdolhossinpari AU - Moradi, Hossein 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SP  - 93
EP  - 98
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2014.93.98
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2014.93.98
KW  - Municipal solid waste management
KW  -composting
KW  -recycling
KW  -solid waste
KW  -Zanjan
AB  - 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.
ER  -