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Environmental Baseline Study of Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsite, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand

8.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

8.1 Physical Analysis of Solid Waste
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TOTAL WEIGHT OF SAMPLE= 8.694KG

S. No. Parameters Results Units

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1. Bulk Density 159 Kg/m

2. Calorific Value 1404.21 Kcal/kg

3. Moisture 53.10 %

4. Conductivity 1496.4 µmh/cm

8.2 Particle Size and Composition Analysis

S. No. Parameters Results Units

1. Plastic 27.97 %

2. Paper 0.28 %

3. Cardboard NIL %

4. Thermocol 0.41 %

5. Glass 4.6 %

6. Metals 2.64 %

7. Leather NIL %

8. Rubber & Synthetics NIL %

9. Clothes and Rags 10.35 %

10. Sand/Silt 8.05 %

11. Stone NIL %

12. Brick 8.05 %

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