Solid waste management and methane generation in Kota City

Mathur, Abhishek; Dwivedi, Arun K.; Saxena, Shikha

doi:10.1504/ijewm.2020.108068

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“…However, Ciula et al 24 in their findings conducted in Poland kept the value of vegetables, paper, and cardboard waste at 14.5% . This value is small confirming what Mathur et al 4 stated that the composition of degradable Municipal Solid Waste in developed countries is low while that of developing countries is about 40–60%.…”

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“…Also, Parihar et al 28 has revealed the effect of Climate Change on malaria transmission due to the potential increase in mosquito density as a result of increase in extreme weather condition of temperature and rainfall as one of the health effects of GHGs. The composition of MSW in countries like India showed a 40–60% organic waste content as reported by Mathur et al 4 . While other findings by Srinivasan et al 16 in Chennai City, India the values is 54% of degradable organic waste.…”

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confidence: 57%

“…CH 4 is a greenhouse gas that has a global warming potential of 21 times more than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), a leading cause of Climate Change 1 – 3 . MSW is specified as waste generated from households, markets, restaurants, public institutions, industrial installations, sewage facilities, agricultural activities, construction, and demolition sites which most often are mixed in a waste stream 4 , 5 .…”

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Seasonal methane emission from municipal solid waste disposal sites in Lagos, Nigeria

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The Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Sector is a major source of Methane (CH4) emission, a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) that contributes to Climate Change. However, governments of developing countries have not been able to address the challenges posed by this sector due to inadequate funding and technical requirement. The objective of this study was to determine how seasonal variation influences the CH4 gas emission. The First Order Decay (FOD) Tier 1 Model was used to estimate CH4 emission from four Solid Waste Disposal Sites (SWDS) in Lagos namely: Ewu-Elepe (Ewu), Abule-Egba (A/E), Soluos (Sol), and Olushosun (Olu) covering the dry and wet seasons, respectively for the inventory year 2020. A known weight of the wet waste deposited was characterized. The study revealed that the Degradable Organic Carbon (DOC) for the dry season was 12.897 GgC/kgWaste while that of the wet season was 12.547 GgC/kgWaste. But, the methane gas generated during the wet season was 0.331 Gg higher than that of the dry season which was 0.134 Gg for the study period. This is an appreciable quantity of methane that can contribute to the global Climate Change impact if not addressed. Therefore, these waste types should be segregated from other recyclables and processed into compost or energy resource.

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