Appraisal of domestic solid waste generation, components, and the feasibility of recycling in Erbil, Iraq

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 880-887

  Aziz, Shuokr Qarani ^a,b   Aziz, Hamidi Abdul ^a   Bashir, Mohammed J K ^a   Yusoff, Mohd Suffian ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b SALAHADDIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Domestic solid waste; generation rate; potential waste recycling; Waste composition; waste management

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE; GENERATION RATE; POTENTIAL WASTES; SOLID WASTE COLLECTION; SOLID WASTE GENERATION; WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES;

GLASS; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

COMBUSTION; DATA SET; FEASIBILITY STUDY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; IRAQ; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE GENERATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; IRAQ; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

IRAQ;

EID: 80052382696     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10387462     Document Type: Article

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