Abstract
Characterisation of municipal solid waste (MSW) is important for adequate decision making in the management strategy of urban MSW of a city. The objective of this study was to characterise the MSW at a landfill of Pune city, India and suggest appropriate MSW management methods. The investigations showed that biological treatment of MSW will be feasible as it contains high organic matter and moisture content. This would help to divert 70% of the total waste, if solid waste treatment facilities were provided at source, which would lead to enormous cost savings of waste collection, transport and disposal. Energy generation through incineration of MSW was not feasible. The changing pattern of characterisation of MSW in relation to socio-economic changes has been discussed. Though the study was focused on Pune city, investigations will help solid waste management planners, materials recovery facility designers and for estimation of landfill gas emission in developing metropolitan cities.
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