Composition of Solid Waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a Mountain Region Undergoing Rapid Urbanization in Northern Oman
| Autor: | Abdullah I. Al-Mahrouqi, Reginald Victor |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1027-524X 2414-536X |
| DOI: | 10.24200/squjs.vol22iss1pp1-9 |
| Popis: | There is a lack of data on the generation and composition of waste in rural areas worldwide. The present study analyzed the composition of solid waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a rural mountain region in the Sultanate of Oman, which is presently experiencing a rapid rate of urbanization due to tourism development. The solid wastes here are generated by the municipality collecting waste from residential, commercial, institutional and recreational areas, the military from a training camp and a few non-governmental private companies from their camps and hotels. The whole load from each of the three sources was manually segregated each month from June 2013 – May 2014. The results indicated that plastic is the dominant category in the wastes collected by the municipality and accounts for 26.7%, followed by paper (17.9%) and then food (14.4%). Food is the dominant category in the wastes collected by the military and private companies and accounts for 36.5% and 45.5% respectively. Management issues associated with solid waste are briefly considered. The study concluded that the municipality should implement an improved system for the collection of plastic waste and initiate a system for recycling it; the military and private companies should reduce the quantities of food waste by improved planning and management of the catering services. |
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