Evaluation of Municipal Solid Wastes Based Energy Potential in Urban Pakistan

• Main Authors: Siddiqi, Muhammad Mobin, Naseer, Muhammad Nihal, Wahab, Yasmin Abdul, Hamizi, Nor Aliya, Badruddin, Irfan Anjum, Chowdhury, Zaira Zaman, Akbarzadeh, Omid, Johan, Mohd Rafie, Khan, T.M. Yunus, Kamangar, Sarfaraz
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2019
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23445/; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7110848
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Solid waste management needs re-evaluating in developing countries like Pakistan, which currently employs landfilling as a first option. Over time, increasing population will result in decreasing space for landfill sites, ultimately increasing the cost of landfilling, while increasing accumulated wa...