Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Science Communicator Platform

Stay connected! Follow us on X network (Twitter):
Share By
Characterizing and Quantifying Solid Waste of Rural Communities Publisher



Taghipour H1 ; Amjad Z2 ; Aslani H3 ; Armanfar F4 ; Dehghanzadeh R1
Authors

Source: Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management Published:2016


Abstract

Solid waste management and disposal are a global challenge. Also, in spite of rapid urbanization over recent decades, about 47 % (3.31 billion) of the world’s population and 31 % (23.59 million) of Iran’s population are still living in rural areas. Nevertheless, survey on characterization, quantification, and management of rural communities’ household solid waste is rare in both developed and developing countries. Therefore, determining the quantity and quality (composition) of household solid waste of rural communities in the northwest of Iran was the main objective of the present work. The result showed that the average daily per capita of household waste generation was 0.259 kg/cap-day. About 50.98 % of total generated waste in the studied villages was organic and food waste, while paper and cardboard, plastics, metals, rubber, textiles, glass, woods, and other waste materials constituted 6.07, 13.58, 0.47, 1.57, 12.53, 2.09, 0.44, and 12.27 %, respectively. Bulk density of the waste was determined as 211.31 kg/m3. In addition, moisture content and chemical characteristics (food and organic fraction) of the generated waste including the amount of carbon, nitrogen, phosphor, and ash were 57.05, 54.02, 1.74, 0.34, and 34.07 %, respectively. According to the results of this study and the survey in the available related literature, it could be concluded that solid waste generation rates in rural communities are less than that in urban areas and the composition and density of generated waste vary not only between rural and urban areas, but also between different rural communities with various geographical, economic, cultural, social, etc., conditions. © 2015, Springer Japan.
Other Related Docs
4. Economic Aspects of Dry Solid Waste Recycling in Shiraz, Iran, Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (2016)
10. Investigation of Hospital Solid Waste Management in Iran, World Review of Science# Technology and Sustainable Development (2015)
13. Solid Waste—Sources, Toxicity, and Their Consequences to Human Health, Soft Computing Techniques in Solid Waste and Wastewater Management (2021)
18. Quality and Quantity of Construction and Demolition Waste in Tehran, Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (2017)