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6. RESULTS6.1 Waste CharacterisationThe main findings of the waste characterisation study conducted in December 2012 at theLagoon Dump Site are provided in Table 2 below and represented graphically in Figure 1.Table 2 – Key Results from Waste Characterization StudyNo Waste Component % by Weight1. Organics 312. Plastics 203. Paper & Cardboard 124. Soil/ash 125. Metal 76. Other Waste 77. Glass 58. Textiles 49. Special Care Waste 2TOTAL 100Municipal solid waste composition analysis study – Juba, South Sudan 14
The main components of the MSW from Juba are represented in Figure 1 on the previouspage. Organic materials represented the single largest component of the MSW streamfrom Juba accounting for 31% by weight - followed by plastics at 20%; paper 12%; soil& ash 12%; metal 7%; glass 5 %; textiles 4%; & special-care waste 2%.Major Waste ComponentsThe figures for Juba’s waste composition for items such as paper, metal and glass at 12%,7% and 5% respectively, are similar to UNEP’s International Environmental TechnologyCentre (2009) average figures from Accra, Ibadan, Dakar, Abidjan, and Lusaka.However, the organic content, despite being the largest single component of Juba’swaste, at 31% is low compared to UNEP/IETC’s range of 35-80%. Also, Juba’s plasticcomposition of 20% was considerably higher than UNEP/IETC’s average figure of lessthan 10%.These apparent anomalies in some of the waste characteristics may be explained, at leastin part, by the unique nature of the Juba’s rapid expansion over the last two years or so.A clearer picture - and one in which we could have a great deal more confidence - wouldemerge if a second waste characterisation exercise were to be conducted during the wetseason.Such an exercise would yield a higher number of samples and a correspondingamount of results.Organic WasteOrganic waste was the largestcomponent of the overall wastestream by weight accounting for31%. Within that organic waste,garden/yard waste accounted forthe largest component at 64%,followed by food waste at 34%,and agricultural waste at 2%.During the sampling exercise itwas noted that many of the wastepickerswere eating items of fooddirectly from the waste, such asfruit and kitchen waste, and, in thecase of vegetables and carbohydrates,collecting them forremoval from the site and forcooking later in the day.Municipal solid waste composition analysis study – Juba, South Sudan 15
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