Estimation of baghdad municipal solid waste generation rate

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Generally In this paper, Baghdad Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Generate for five years period (from year 2006 to year 2010).

This Period are estimated as a minimum duration of landfill site operation time.

Geographic Information System (GIS) technique are used to prepare digital map of Baghdad city to determine all of Baghdad ten districts areas and its geographic distribution.

Population size forecasting are interpolated to find urban population size of each district and its population density.

Depending on economic studies of population wealth variation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the adopted percentage of the chronically poor population in Baghdad which could reach 40% in some districts, the individual waste generation rates of each districts are assumed to ranged between 0.3 and 0.8 kg /capita /day.

A value of 0.63 kg /capita/day is concluded for the year 2006 and increase it at a net rate (growth rate less waste reduction rate) of the expected GDP increase of 4% per year to reach 0.74 kg/capita/day in year 2010.

Comparison between the obtained estimation with other studies for other countries, puts Iraq in class of middle income countries.