Title: Current status of municipal solid waste management system in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Authors: Rubel Biswas Chowdhury; Mohammad Sujauddin; Shinsuke Murakami; Priyanka Chakraborty; Mohammed Shafiul Alam

Addresses: Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia ' Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan ' Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan ' Business School, College of Social Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK ' Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh

Abstract: This paper presents an overview of MSW management in Chittagong, the second largest city of Bangladesh. The total MSW generation in Chittagong increased steadily from 538 tons/day in 1999 to 984 tons/day in 2005 and 1890 tons/ day in 2009. MSW collection coverage of Chittagong City Corporation increased from 45% in 1999 to 64% in 2008 and almost 70% in 2009. Approximately 72% (952 tons) of the total daily collected MSW in 2009 were disposed of as unsanitary landfilling and 27.62% (365 tons) as open dumping; while, only 0.16% (2,116 kg) were managed through systematic recovery and recycling.

Keywords: MSW; municipal solid waste; solid waste management; Bangladesh; waste collection; waste disposal; waste recycling; waste recovery; landfill; dumping.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2013.055592

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2013 Vol.12 No.2, pp.167 - 188

Published online: 20 Sep 2014 *

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