ورقة بحثية
Composition of Solid Waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a Mountain Region Undergoing Rapid Urbanization in Northern Oman = مكونات النفايات الصلبة في منطقة الجبل االخضر الجبلية في شمال عمان التي تتطور بسرعة نحو التحضر

Al Mahrouqi, Abdullah I.


 

Composition of Solid Waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a Mountain Region Undergoing Rapid Urbanization in Northern Oman = مكونات النفايات الصلبة في منطقة الجبل االخضر الجبلية في شمال عمان التي تتطور بسرعة نحو التحضر

Al Mahrouqi, Abdullah I.

There is a lack of data on the generation and composition of waste in rural areas worldwide. The present study analyzed the composition of solid waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a rural mountain region in the Sultanate of Oman, which is presently experiencing a rapid rate of urbanization due to tourism development. The solid wastes here are generated by the municipality collecting waste from residential, commercial, institutional and recreational areas, the military from a training camp and a few non-governmental private companies from their camps and hotels. The whole load from each of the three sources was manually segregated each month from June 2013 – May 2014. The results indicated that plastic is the dominant category in the wastes collected by the municipality and accounts for 26.7%, followed by paper (17.9%) and then food (14.4%). Food is the dominant category in the wastes collected by the military and private companies and accounts for 36.5% and 45.5% respectively. Management issues associated with solid waste are briefly considered. The study concluded that the municipality should implement an improved system for the collection of plastic waste and initiate a system for recycling it; the military and private companies should reduce the quantities of food waste by improved planning and management of the catering services.

There is a lack of data on the generation and composition of waste in rural areas worldwide. The present study analyzed the composition of solid waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a rural mountain region in the Sultanate of Oman, which is presently experiencing a rapid rate of urbanization due to tourism ...

مادة فرعية

المؤلف : Al Mahrouqi, Abdullah I.

مؤلف مشارك : Victor, Reginald

بيانات النشر : Muscat، Sultanate of Oman : Sultan Qaboos Journal of Science، 2017مـ.

التصنيف الموضوعي : العلوم البحتة| .

المواضيع : Biology .

Waste - Sultanate of Oman.

الأحياء .

النفايات - الجبل الأخضر(سلطنة عمان).

رقم الطبعة : 1

المصدر : Sultan Qaboos University : Muscat، Sultanate of Oman.

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