Table 3.

Physical composition (t/d) of total market wastes.

Item	Seasons of the year			Average	SEM	P-value
	Summer	Rainy	Winter
Total waste	52.57a	37.59b	39.16b	43.10	11.61	<0.01
Vegetable waste	52.05a	36.95b	38.53b	42.51	11.56	<0.01
Non-vegetable waste
Straw and leaves	0.23c	0.29b	0.37a	0.30	0.07	<0.01
Paper and card-board	0.21b	0.25a	0.21b	0.22	0.03	<0.01
Wood	0.033a	0.031ab	0.026b	0.03	0.00	0.02
Plastic and polythene	0.035a	0.036a	0.024b	0.03	0.00	<0.01

SEM = standard error of mean.

^a,b,c Means with different superscripts in the same raw differ significantly (P < 0.05).