Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Generation in Bangladesh: Possible Scenarios to Generate Renewable Electricity in Dhaka and Chittagong City

Table 5

Typical heat values of MSW components considered in this study [61].

MSW components	Heat value (KJ/Kg, dry weight)
Food waste	957.13
Paper	3445.68
Plastics	6699.94
Textiles	3589.25
Glass and ceramic	28.71
Metals	143.57
Grass and straw	1339.99
Others	1435.70

Note: the values are converted from Btu/lb dry weight to KJ/Kg dry weight.