Open AccessCHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE IN HUE CITY
Author(s) -
Tran Ngoc Tuan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vietnam journal of science and technology/science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2815-5874
pISSN - 2525-2518
DOI - 10.15625/2525-2518/55/4c/12147
Subject(s) - municipal solid waste , solid waste management , food waste , household waste , waste management , hazardous waste , food preparation , environmental science , geography , toxicology , engineering , food science , food processing , chemistry , biology
This paper examined the characteristics of household solid waste with a hope of contributing to the improvement of solid waste management in Hue city. The study was conducted by collecting, classifying and measuring household solid waste from 62 households in 7 consecutive days. A structure questionnaire was also used in the interviews with survey households to collect data on their demographic characteristics. The results show that the household solid waste was generated evenly on a daily basis with an amount of 286±171g/person/day during the weekdays. The composition of household domestic solid waste was divided into 17 different groups; of which, the two groups representing the largest amount were food waste (56.35 %) and garden waste (10.89 %). Hazardous waste accounted for a very small proportion (only 0.26 %). The detailed composition ratio of food, garden waste, nylon, paper, plastic, porcelain, etc. and mixed stuff were defined at 56.35 %, 10.89 %, 8.93 %, 3.22 %, 3.22 %, 3.02 %, etc. and 10,23 %, respectively.