@Article{, title={Estimation of the Components of Residential Solid Waste in Baqubah City and their Generation Rate}, author={Mohammed Y. Fattah and Zainab B. Mohammed b, and Esraa Q. Shehab a*,}, journal={Engineering and Technology Journal مجلة الهندسة والتكنولوجيا}, volume={39}, number={3 part (A) Engineering}, pages={440-452}, year={2021}, abstract={Municipal solid waste is of variable, non-uniform inconsistent nature andthe method by which the sample to acquire is decisive if the results are tobe reliable. For data collection, an integrated methodological approachwas introduced, including field investigation, questionnaire survey, andpersonal interviews, which were employed to estimate the rate of wasteproduction and physical composition at the source of generation. Sampleswere collected from different socio-economic clusters (socio-income level).According to the results of the preliminary survey for 99% confidenceinterval and 10% standard error, the optimum sample size was 105households, in Baqubah City in Diyala Governorate by implementation acompletely random block design for sampling. Up to 105 units weresampled which were allocated to high, middle, and low-income socioeconomic categories, yielding an average of 650 kg of waste collecteddaily for one week. It is concluded that Baqubah city has an averagegeneration rate of 0.56 kg/ person/ day which is lower in the higheconomic level zone in the city than in the other zones. Among the totalwaste generated in the city, 68% is food waste, 5.2% paper waste,7.4%plastic waste, 5.8% metal, 2.3% glass waste,3.1% textile waste, while theremaining percentages represent miscellaneous combustible andnoncombustible materials.

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