A Critical Study on Quantity and Quality of Municipal Solid Wastes of Agartala, Tripura, India

摘要

Existing Solid Waste Management system of Agartala city is based on the strategy adopted in the early years of eighty decade of last century. Now area of the city and it's population has been few fold more. Accordingly revised strategy for Solid Waste Management of the city based on systematic study and analysis was imperative. Detailed study on the basis of samples from residential, commercial and institutional segments of waste generation was conducted for one year with a view to ascertain the quality and volume of the wastes of the city. Study concludes that average per day solid wastes generated by the city is 109.416 tone. Study indicates potentiality of solid wastes for composting as organic solid waste's C/N ratio is lower (15 to 25). Thermal value of paper, hardboard, garden trimmings was measured and found within the range of around 5 to 15 Kilo BTU/Kg.