Research Article
Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Generation in Bangladesh: Possible Scenarios to Generate Renewable Electricity in Dhaka and Chittagong City
Table 2
MSW disposal site and their salient features in Dhaka and Chittagong city.
| | Salient features | Dhaka | Chittagong | | Matuail | Amin Bazar | Ananda Bazar | Arefin Nagar | Kalurghat | Roufabad |
| | Area (hectares) | 40 | 20 | 2.023 | 29.5 | 7.28 | 2.83 | | Condition | In operation | In operation | In operation | In operation | In operation | Closed | | Land filling started | 2003 | 2007 | 1960 | 2011 | 2015 | 2001 | | Height of MSW deposit (meter) | 7 | 6.4 | 13.7 | 6.5 | 6 | 9 | | Distance from the city (km) | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | | Closed/expected end of life | 2021 | 2023 | 2020 | 2017 | 2016 | 2014 | | Average disposal per day (tons) | 2000 | 1200 | 350 | 671 | 722 | 950 | | Current CH4 status | No recovery | No recovery | No recovery | No recovery | No recovery | No recovery | | Ward covered | 55 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 28 |
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