Study of the Quality and Quantity of Dry Components in Municipal Solid Waste from Regions 6 and 7 in Shiraz

Solid waste is an integral part of human life and production of the waste in different quantity and quality is of one of the most important environmental issues of our time. Increase of population growth and solid waste production in urban and metropolitan areas have become a social problem. The most important component of municipal solid waste around the world is similar, however, the density and the ratio of its ingredients from country to country and from city to city, based on the level of economic development, social, climatic and geographical situation, are very diverse. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the production and composition of municipal solid waste collected from Shiraz regions 6 and 7.
Sampling was randomly done for one week in the study area in [5]May 2015. The method used in this study was analysis manual type. A standard amount of 90 Kg of municipal waste was collected from the houses in the two the regions. Weights of each component of the waste were obtained and then used to draw the diagrams using Excel software.
Findings: The highest percentages of waste components in both regions were related to organic materials (perishable), and there was a difference among the components of the waste in the two regions. The amount of waste produced in region 6 was higher than region 7. In region 6, the lowest percentage (1/77) belonged to the pet, whereas in region 7, the lowest percentage (0/55) was related to the special waste.