Research Article
Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Generation in Bangladesh: Possible Scenarios to Generate Renewable Electricity in Dhaka and Chittagong City
Table 3
Typical MSW characteristics of Dhaka and Chittagong city.
| | Material | Dhaka | Chittagong | | Weight% | | A | B | C | D | A | E | F | G |
| | Food/organic | 68.3 | 84.37 | 80 | 59.91 | 73.7 | 61 | 72 | 62 | | Plastic | 4.3 | 1.74 | 4.5 | — | 2.8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | Paper | 10.7 | 5.68 | 10 | 11.21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | | Textile | — | 1.83 | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | 1 | | Wood | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | | Grass/garden wastes | — | — | — | 8.76 | — | 3 | — | — | | Rubber | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Glass | 0.7 | 6.38 | 1.7 | — | 0.9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | | Aluminum/metals | 2.0 | — | 1 | 0.15 | 2.2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | | Textile and wood | 2.2 | — | — | — | 2.1 | — | 3 | — | | Leather and rubber | 1.4 | — | — | 17.67 | 1 | — | — | — | | Pack | — | — | | | | | 6 | 9 | | Stone/rocks | — | — | — | 2.30 | — | 5 | 2 | 6 | | Others/miscellaneous | 10.4 | — | 3.5 | — | 7.4 | 6 | — | — |
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Note. Same MSW character of Dhaka and Chittagong city is reported in these studies [26, 40, 59].
[43], [29], [41], [31], [27], and [28].
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