Municipal Solid Waste Composition Analysis Study Juba ... - UNEP

Plastic WastePlastic waste made up 20% of thetotal waste stream by weight. Thelargest single component of thatplastic waste was clear PETcontainers at 46%, followed by filmplastic at 33%, HDPE containers at12%, and other plastics at 5%.Brown and green PET accounted for2% each.A large proportion of the clear PETcontainers, most of which havecontained drinking water, are takenout of the waste by the waste pickersand sold to middle-men who usuallywash and shred the material beforetransporting it by truck to Uganda orKenya.We found no evidence that film plastic or HDPE containers are recycled at all. Oneplausible explanation for this apparent anomaly is that those materials will fetch a lowprice in the regional market place and so are not prized by the waste pickers.Paper & Cardboard WastePaper & Cardboard waste made up12% by weight of the total wastestream. The largest component ofthis waste category was cardboard at57%, followed by office paper at15%, other miscellaneous paper at13%, newspaper at 9% andmagazines and catelogues at 6%.We found no evidence that paper orcardboard are recycled at all.Municipal solid waste composition analysis study – Juba, South Sudan 16