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Study was conducted for the identification of types of solid waste along with the source-specific characterization and quantification of Guwahati city. Different types of solid wastes were classified as organic, paper, plastic, glass, metal, rubbish and others. Sources of solid wastes generation were identified as regular and occasional source which is essential for proper quantification study. Regular solid waste-generating sources are households, commercial areas, marketplaces, hotels, restaurants, hospitals and nursing homes, educational institutes, cinema halls, offices, railway stations, bus stations, industries, street sweeping and drain cleaning, etc. On the other hand, occasional sources are ‘Bihu’, ‘Durga Puja’, ‘Kali Puja’, ‘Idd’, ‘Book fair’, ‘Trade fair’, ‘Expo’, etc. The ‘Total Generation of Solid Waste’ from Guwahati City was found to be 390 tons/day. The ‘Combined Per Capita Generation of Solid Waste’ was calculated as 379 gm/cap/day. Characterisation of the waste revealed that out of the total solid waste generation in Guwahati City, organic waste contributes 57.4% followed by paper 18.2%, others 11.3%, plastic 5.6%, rubbish 2.8%, glass 2.6% and metal 2.2%. The average per capita generation of household waste worked out to be 0.175 gm/day, out of which 73.93% was organic followed by paper 15.35%, plastic 2.54%, glass 0.83%, metal 2.41%, rubbish 1.23% and others 3.70%.
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Kashyap, A., Borthakur, R. (2019). Identification of Types and Source-Specific Characterization and Quantification Study of Solid Waste in Guwahati City, Assam, India. In: Ghosh, S. (eds) Waste Management and Resource Efficiency. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7290-1_32
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