Solid Waste Composition and Characteristics of Mosul City/IRAQ | ||
| Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 23, Issue 8, December 2012, Pages 19-34 | ||
| Author | ||
| S .M. Al- Rawi and T. A .Al-Tayyar | ||
| Abstract | ||
| MOSUL city, like many other cities in IRAQ, is currently experiencing serious problems at all stages of solid-waste management, that is the collection, sorting, transportation, and disposal of garbage. Presently, Mosul city (1.4 millions inhabitants and 3.0 % growth rate) produces over 360000 tons of waste a year or 1000 tons per day . The above estimates was obtained through solid waste survey comprising selected families. These families ware thought to represent the city in terms of cultural, religious, economical and social aspects. Solid waste sampling was performed from February until end of July 2002, 1680 samples were collected . The results revealed that the city generated 0.60 kg/capita/day and that the usual composition was dominated by organic and food constituents. It appeared that social & economical aspects as well as the current instability and insecurity conditions of the country had a considerable impacts on both generation and composition of solid waste. The average studied physical and chemical properties were estimated and tabulated. Their values were (65-480), ( 90812 ), and (50.2%) for density, total energy, and moisture content respectively. | ||
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