| Waste category | Types of waste |
| Food and vegetable waste | Wastes from handling, preparation, cooking, and eating of foods including fruits, maize cobs, chicken waste, and bones. |
| Paper | Old and torn books, old newspapers, high grade paper (e.g., office and computer), old magazines, mixed paper, and other nonusable paper. |
| Cardboard | Old corrugated cardboard/kraft (recyclable). |
| Plastics | PETE (e.g., soft drink bottles and vegetable oil containers), HDPE (milk and water containers, and detergent bottles), mixed plastics (commingled), plastics, and other plastics (PVC, LDPE, PP/5, and PP/6). |
| Glass | Flat glass, container glass, and beverage containers. |
| Metals | Mainly ferrous and nonferrous metals, aluminium or steel metals from tinsmith activities, empty containers of paint, motor oil, thinners, and so forth. |
| Wood | Wood shavings, waste building material and pallets, and small pieces of timber. |
| Textiles | Pieces of cloth and fabric (synthetic and cotton) and threads. |
| WEEE | Waste from electronic repairs, damaged speakers, cell phones, expired elements, unfit wires, plates, plugs, and used oil. |
| Soil, builder’s rubble | High amount of sand and organic matter, bricks, and few stones. |
| Special waste | Hazardous waste in the enterprise waste stream such as batteries, oil, pieces of hair, and weaves. |
| Miscellaneous | Wood ash, coal ash, room sweepings, and so forth. |
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