Kamrul Islam
Increased generation of methane (CH 4 ) from municipal solid wastes (MSW) alarms the world to take proper initiative for the sustainable management of MSW, because it is 34 times stronger than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Mounting land scarcity issue around the world brands the waste to energy (WtE) stra...
Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Kawser Ahmed, Mohammad Raknuzzaman, Md. Habibullah‐Al‐Mamun et al.
M. Alamgir, Amimul Ahsan
A total of 7690 tons of municipal solid waste generated daily at the six major cities of Bangladesh, namely, Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet, as estimated in 2005. Sampling was done at different waste generation sources such as residential, commercial, institutional and open ...
Hridoy Roy, Samiha Raisa Alam, Rayhan Bin-Masud, Tonima Rahman Prantika et al.
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management has become a major concern for developing countries. The physical and chemical aspects of MSW management and infrastructure need to be analyzed critically to solve the existing socio-economic problem. Currently, MSW production is 2.01 billion tonnes/yr. In deve...
H. M. Zakir Hossain, Quazi Hasna Hossain, Minhaj Uddin Monir, Mohammad Tofayal Ahmed
Mohammad Nurul Islam, M.N Islam, M.R.A Beg
Urban solid wastes in the form of scrap tyre, waste plastic and waste paper, were pyrolyzed in an externally heated fixed bed reactor. The condensed liquids were analyzed for their properties as fuels and compared with petroleum-derived products. The properties were physical properties, higher heati...
Abdulla All Noman, Umma Habiba Akter, Tahmid Hasan Pranto, AKM Bahalul Haque
With unorganized, unplanned and improper use of limited raw materials, an abundant amount of waste is being produced, which is harmful to our environment and ecosystem. While traditional linear production lines fail to address far-reaching issues like waste production and a shorter product life cycl...
Md. Ruhul Ferdoush, Ridwan Al Aziz, Chitra Lekha Karmaker, Binoy Debnath et al.
The recent geopolitical events, such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, have strained the available resources worldwide. In emerging economies like Bangladesh, which is heavily reliant on imported gas, oil, and coal, this has created a severe energy crisis. In response to the energy crisis ...
Rafia Afroz, Keisuke Hanaki, Rabaah Tudin
Information on waste generation, socioeconomic characteristics, and willingness of the households to separate waste was obtained from interviews with 402 respondents in Dhaka city. Ordinary least square regression was used to determine the dominant factors that might influence the waste generation o...
Atanu Kumar Das, Md. Nazrul Islam, Md Morsaline Billah, A.K. Sarker
Municipal solid waste (MSW) represents an inevitable by-product of human activity and a major crisis for communities across the globe. In recent times, the recycling of MSW has drawn attention as the process can add value through resources from the recovered waste materials and facilitates the proce...
Tariq Yousuf, Md. Mostafizur Rahman
A reliable estimate of the quantity of solid waste generation in the city is very important for proper solid waste planning and management. However, reported estimates of solid waste generation vary widely and lead to questionability. The reported values have been derived on the assumption of demogr...
Saifur Rahman Tushar, Md. Fahim Bin Alam, A.B.M. Mainul Bari, Chitra Lekha Karmaker
Emerging economies are struggling with proper and efficient management of waste due to their constrained resources and weak management. In recent days, this crisis has worsened due to the outbreak of the highly contagious COVID-19 pandemic. To avoid building up stockpiles and contaminating communiti...
Anne Matter, Mehedi Ahsan, Michelle Marbach, Christian Zurbrügg
Solid waste mismanagement in Dhaka, Bangladesh, illustrates a well-known market failure which can be summarized as: waste is a resource in the wrong place. Inorganic materials such as plastic or paper can be used to feed the demand for recycled materials in the industrial sector. Organic materials c...
SKM Rao, RK Ranyal, SS Bhatia, VR Sharma
Background The Ministry of Environment & Forests notified the Biomedical Waste (management & handling) Rules, 1998" (BMW Mgt) in July 1998. In accordance with the rules, every hospital generating BMW needs to set up requisite BMW treatment facilities on site or ensure requisite treatment of waste at...
Nagma Zerin, M.G. Rasul, M.I. Jahirul, A.S.M. Sayem
The number of end-of-life waste tyres has increased enormously worldwide, which is one of the non-biodegradable Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) piling up in an open space for a long time. Every year, various types of tyres are released in the environment from different vehicles, such as trucks, buses, c...