Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Generation and its Management in Trashigang Municipality, Bhutan
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Solid waste management has become one of the major concerns, especially in urban areas of Bhutan. An in-depth study was carried out to understand the problem of municipal solid waste generation and man- agement in Trashigang municipality, which is one of the important urban center of eastern Bhutan. 516 households (HH) with 1413 population from the four zones of Trashigang municipality were sampled for the study. Conical quartering method was employed to obtain the minimum sample size. It was observed that Trashigang town generates on average 586.19 kg/day translating to 1.14 kg/HH/day and per capita waste generation rate of 0.41kg per day. Major portion of the recyclable waste is generated from the com- mercial sector in contrast to compostable waste generated from the residential sector, which amounts to 63% and 42% respectively. Currently, the landfill at Satsalo is mostly adopted waste management option to manage the waste generated from the Trashigang town as other alternatives are not available.
Institutions: Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan
Language: English
Subfield: Waste Management and Disposal
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3195260596