Table 6.
Average waste composition of the selected wards (wet weight).
| Weight Percentages (%) |
SD | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composition | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 5 | Ward 9 | Ward 11 | Ward 16 | Ward 17 | Ward 21 | Ward 24 | |
| Biodegradable Waste | 82.29 | 82.06 | 82.76 | 81.89 | 81.84 | 80.81 | 81.29 | 80.85 | 80.76 | 0.719 |
| Plastics | 4.33 | 4.44 | 4.34 | 4.21 | 4.22 | 4.71 | 4.71 | 4.76 | 4.77 | 0.222 |
| Paper & cardboard | 5.96 | 6.16 | 5.55 | 6.22 | 6.23 | 6.90 | 6.47 | 6.91 | 6.92 | 0.472 |
| Glass | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.024 |
| Textiles &wood | 1.68 | 1.64 | 1.53 | 1.47 | 1.65 | 1.35 | 1.59 | 1.57 | 1.5 | 0.104 |
| Electric goods | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.023 |
| Ceramic | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.90 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.69 | 0.090 |
| Metals | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.043 |
| Medical waste | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.010 |
| Dust & others | 3.58 | 3.49 | 3.48 | 3.78 | 3.80 | 3.72 | 3.75 | 3.63 | 3.71 | 0.122 |