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. 2022 Aug 20;8(8):e10295. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10295

Table 1.

Background information of Nan and Luang Prabang.

Items Nan city Source Luang Prabang city Source
Population 20,595 (Nan NSO, 2018) 90,400 (LSB, 2015)
Area(km2) 7.6 (Nan NSO, 2018) 857 (LSB, 2015)
Population density(people/km2) 2,710 (Nan NSO, 2018) 106 (LSB, 2015)
Gross Provincial Product (GPP)(USD/Capita) 2,370 (NESDC, 2020) 1532 (JICA, 2016)
MSW generated rate(kg/capita/day) 0.85 (TGO, 2018) 0.65 (IGES, 2012)
MSW Component(%wt) Nan (TGO, 2018) Luang Prabang (IGES, 2012)
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    Food waste

 6 51
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    Garden and Park waste

 27 23
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    Paper/Cardboard

 16 8
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    Textiles

 3 1
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    Plastics

 13 9
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    Metal

 10 1
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    Glass

 11 6
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    Others

 14 1
Total 100 100
Combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of MSW(%) 4.69% 9.77%
MSW management method Landfill Landfill (Open dump)