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23-5 Daily Average Solid Waste Generation by Type
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| Type |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
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| Municipal Solid Waste |
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| Domestic |
6820 |
7430 |
7540 |
7550 |
7520 |
| Commercial |
1290 |
1250 |
1150 |
1190 |
1340 |
| Industrial |
620 |
590 |
640 |
560 |
560 |
| Sub-total |
8730 |
9270 |
9330 |
9300 |
9420 |
| Construction and Demoliti |
7030 |
7890 |
7480 |
6410 |
10200 |
| Waste |
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| Special Waste |
790 |
880 |
1090 |
1110 |
1540 |
| Recovered Municipal Solid |
4270 |
4220 |
4810 |
5320 |
5370 |
| Waste |
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| Total |
20820 |
22260 |
22710 |
22140 |
26530 |
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| Notes: Municipal solid waste includes domestic waste, commercial waste and industrial waste delivered to disposal facilities but excludes construction and demolition waste and recovered municipal solid waste. |
| Domestic waste covers post-consumer residential solid waste and refuse collected in public cleansing activities. |
| Commercial waste covers solid waste arising from all forms of commercial activities. |
| Industrial waste covers solid waste arising from industrial activities but excludes chemical waste and construction and demolition waste. |
| Construction and demolition waste covers waste arising from construction and demolition activities but excludes material delivered to public filling areas for land reclamation and formation. |
| Special waste includes animal carcasses, abattoir waste, condemned goods, waterworks and sewage treatment sludge, sewage works screening, livestock waste, clinical waste and chemical waste delivered to landfills. |
| Municipal solid waste recovered will be recycled locally or overseas. |
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