Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is the trash or garbage that is discarded day to day in a human settlement. According to MSW Rules 2000 MSW includes commercial and residential wastes generated in a municipal or notified areas in either solid or semisolid form excluding industrial hazardous wastes but including treated bio‐medical wastes. Waste generation encompasses activities in which materials are identified as no longer being of value (being in the present form) and are either thrown away or gathered together for disposal. The following table indicates the waste generation per capita per day for estimation and forecast of waste generation for future for planning purposes:
Waste Generation Per Capita per Day
S.No. Land use type Estimated waste generation
1 Residential refuse 0.3 to 0.6 kg/cap/day
2 Commercial refuse 0.1 to 0.2 kg/cap/day
3 Street sweepings 0.05 to 0.2 kg/cap/day
4 Institutional refuse 0.05 to 0.2 kg/cap/day
Source: Manual on Solid Waste Management, CPHEEO – 2000
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