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INTRODUCTION
Growth of population and Industrialization has led to
human activities as a result of which huge amount of
solid wastes is generated. This generated waste thus
needs to be collected, transported and finally disposed
off. Dumping of these wastes (which was practiced
earlier) has caused lots of damage to the environment.
Therefore, disposal methods must be adequately
selected so that the waste could be disposed off
without any further environmental problems.
In Delhi about 6000 tons of MSW are generated per
day and the average per capita generation of MSW in
Indian cities varies between 0.4 0.6 Kg/day (Khan
and Naved 2003). The per capita generation of MSW in
Delhi is the highest which is approximately 0.65 Kg/day.
Delhi has the largest municipal body in the world
providing services to an estimated population of 17
million people (in 2014) covering an area of ~ 1400 Km2
(Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management 2000)
There are three agencies that are mainly responsible
for solid waste management in Delhi i.e. Municipal
Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the New Delhi Municipal
Corporation (NDMC) and the Delhi Cantonment Board
(DCB). Of these, the Conservancy and Sanitation
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Greenpark
Trilokpuri
Naveen Sahadra
Chandnimahal
Outremline
Kutub road
Aryasamaj
Sundarnagri
Ata Thakurdas
Shakurpur
Mongolpuri
Subhasnagar
Physical
Composition
Foodwastes
Paper
Plastic
Textile
Glass
Metals
Dirt
Ash
etc.
9.7
2.7
1.9
12.4
2.3
0.9
5.6
8.6
11.1
11.4
8.6
6.7
40.7
5.9
4.7
4
4.8
1.7
5.5
8.7
6.2
6.5
6.1
4.4
10.6
9.7
5.8
5.6
8.1
3.2
9.6
2.7
2
12.6
2.3
0.9
3.7
4.1
3.3
0.7
3.3
3.4
42.1
3.8
1.3
10.1
4.4
1.2
57.7
7.7
5.8
7.7
5.8
3.8
5.6
8.6
11.2
13
9.1
6.8
6
10.5
9.9
13.3
16.9
14.8
8
6.1
48
3.7
5
1.2
70.1
23
34.2
56.9
39.4
69.9
72
19.1
11.5
22.9
16.5
24.9
# Source: white paper on pollution in Delhi with an action plan government of India ministry of environment &
forests chapter 5 (1997)
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Table 2. Data from the Ultimate Analysis of the components in residential MSW
Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Sulfur
Ash
48.0
43.5
44.0
60.0
55.0
6.4
6.0
5.9
7.2
6.6
37.6
44.0
44.6
22.8
31.2
2.6
0.3
0.3
4.6
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.15
5.0
6.0
5.0
10.0
2.5
Localities of Delhi
Shakurpuri
Mangolpuri
HCV (kcal/kg)
0523.924
1229.65
Subhashnagar
Naveen Sahadra
Trilokpuri
Ata Thakurdas
Kutub road
Arya samaj
Chandnimahal
Outermline
Sunder nagar
1217.84
1241.55
1393.26
1757.39
1843.91
1862.18
2454.54
3378.45
3384.2
P = Paper
PL = Plastic
T =Textile
The average HCV of Delhi from the above table.3 is
1887.16 Kcal/kg and the actual average value of HCV
of Delhi is less than 3000 kcal/kg (from equation 4).
The difference in the theoretical and observed value is
due to the fact that the data used in the model is largely
for the low and middle income group localities.
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