Research Article
Analysis of Enterprise Profile and Composition of Solid Waste Generated in the Informal Sector of Gweru, Zimbabwe
Table 6
Average composition of waste generated in all the spatial locations (% by weight).
| | Waste category | Monomotapa | Shamrock Park | Mkoba | Kudzanai/Kombayi | Ascot |
| | Food/vegetables | 10.7 | 6.4 | 20.7 | 57.1 | 31.6 | | Paper | 6.4 | 6.0 | 10 | 8.9 | 10.7 | | Cardboard | 4.0 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 7.9 | | Plastics | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 6.4 | | Glass | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | | Metals | 30.6 | 39.6 | 18.3 | 6.1 | 5.0 | | Wood | 10.4 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 1.9 | 17.0 | | Textiles | 9.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | | Rubber | 5.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 5.6 | | WEEE | 2.7 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | | Builder’s rubble | 8.7 | 13.9 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 | | Miscellaneous | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| | Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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