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Composition of Solid Waste in Doodhpathri (Budgam), Jammu and Kashmir, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1P.G Department of Environmental Sciences, S.P College, Kashmir (J&K) -190001, India
  • 2P.G Department of Environmental Sciences, S.P College, Kashmir (J&K) -190001, India

Int. Res. J. Earth Sci., Volume 4, Issue (11), Pages 10-16, November,25 (2016)

Abstract

The study reports the composition of solid waste generated at Doodhpathri (Budgam) with the intention of providing base line data for development of solid waste management system by selecting three different sites. Overall the waste has the largest proportion (%) of biodegradable component ranging from 67.27 to 74.85 whereas non-biodegradable varied from 25.15 to 32.73 among the sites. Food waste contributed 44.37-48.53%, cardboard (10.44-11.61%), paper (7.36-7.86%), woodchips (2.57-3.26%), rags (1.94-3.10%), glass (7.21-8.72%), styrofoam (7.26-7.63%), metal ferrous (5.69-7.17%), plastic (3.96-6.19%), polythene (1.17-1.33%) and metal non-ferrous (0.74-1.23%). Food waste exhibited significant variation within the sites (F2 = 9.91, P < 0.05), paper among the seasons (F3 = 5.20, P < 0.05), woodchips among the seasons (F3 = 7.91, P < 0.05), plastic within sites (F2 = 22.69, P < 0.05) and among the seasons (F3 = 5.10, P < 0.05) whereas metal non-ferrous within the sites (F2 = 4.74, P < 0.05). Thus the study revealed the presence of large proportion of biodegradable and recyclable which can be managed by using composting/vermicomposting and recycling.

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