Potential of Waste to Energy Conversion in Egypt

Table 11

2016 Cairo MSW composition: percentage weight, wet weight, and moisture content (MC) % of each waste component excluding 50% of organic material and 25% recycling.

Material	Waste composition (%)	Total weight (kg)	Moisture content (MC) %	Dry weight (kg)
Organic material	45.90	3764210.91	70	1129263.273
Plastic	15.98	1310752.013	1	1297644.493
Paper	12.30	1008270.779	5.5	952815.8865
Glass	4.92	403308.3117	3	391209.0624
Metals	2.46	201654.1559	3	195604.5312
Other materials including textiles	18.44	1512406.169	10	1361165.552
Total		8200602.339		5327702.798