Department of Environmental, Water Resource and Coastal Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Article
A Study on Solid Waste Generation of Household and Potential of
Resource Recovery in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Author(s): Jobayer AA* and Akter KS
Rapid population growth in Dhaka has resulted in excess generation of solid waste. Present solid waste
management authority of Dhaka City Corporation is struggling to manage this huge amount of waste properly as there
is no framework on solid waste management. The purpose of this work is to identify the present waste generation per
person (Kg/person/day) in a housing society of Dhaka city and possible resource recovery potential of solid waste of
the area so that the correspondent authority can have a scope of finding a framework for effective management of solid
waste. The survey was conducted in 100 households of Mirpur Defense Officers’ Housing Society, (DOHS) Dhaka.
These households were classified into five groups according to monthly income ranging from 60,000 BDT to 160,000
BDT. The total population of the area was around 15,000. Average waste .. Read More»
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