Table 1.

Types and composition of MSW

MSW generated during normal situation
Type of wastes	Composition of wastes	References
Organic	Kitchen waste, food waste, garden waste	Edjabou et al. (2018), Sahimaa et al. (2015), Zorpas et al. (2015)
Plastic	Pure plastic, plastic film, packaging, bottles	Edjabou et al. (2018), Lombardi et al. (2010), Sahimaa et al. (2015), Zorpas et al. (2015)
Glass	Packaging and non-packaging glass	Aja and Al-Kayiem (2014), Bernache-Perez et al. (2001), Lombardi et al. (2010), Miezah et al. (2015), Sahimaa et al. (2015), Zorpas et al. (2015)
Metal	Packaging	Lombardi et al. (2010)
Hazardous material	medicines, batteries, accumulators, and others	Lombardi et al. (2010)
Additional MSW generated during COVID-19 situation
Plastic	Masks, hand gloves and empty bottles of disinfectants, test kits, boots, ear protectors	ISWA-Lebanon (2020), ISWA-Uganda (2020), Penteado and de Castro (2021)
Glass	Empty bottles of disinfectants, Glass ampoules and glass containers of vaccines	Kulkarni and Anantharama (2020)
Cloth	Masks, PPEs (Personal protective equipment)	Penteado and de Castro (2021)