Research Article
Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Management System in a Developing Country
Table 1
Basic information of six city corporations of Bangladesh.
| City corporation | City area (sq. km) | Population (million) | Number of Wards | Wastes generation rate (kg/cap/day) | Total generation (tons/day) | Ultimate disposal site |
| Dhaka | 360 | 11.00 | 90 | 0.40–0.55 | 5000–5500 | 2 | Chittagong | 156 | 3.65 | 45 | 0.30–0.45 | 1200–1400 | 2 | Khulna | 47 | 1.50 | 31 | 0.30–0.40 | 420–520 | 1 | Rajshahi | 48 | 0.45 | 30 | 0.25–0.35 | 160–210 | 1 | Barisal | 45 | 0.40 | 30 | 0.20–0.25 | 100–140 | 1 | Sylhet | 26.5 | 0.50 | 27 | 0.35–0.45 | 200–240 | 1 |
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