TY - JOUR
T1 - An analysis of the commercial waste characterisation in a tourism city in Vietnam
AU - Phu, Song Toan Pham
AU - Takeshi, Fujiwara
AU - Giang, Hoang Minh
AU - Van Dinh, Pham
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors are thankful to students of Danang University of Technology and Education and Hoi An government for their support. Also, authors indebted to Okayama University for the financial assistance.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This study provided a detailed description of the waste generation, composition, and characterisation of the commercial activities in a tourism city in Vietnam. Whereby, solid waste from 55 restaurants, 110 shops, 27 handcraft facilities and five markets were collected and classified into 17 categories. Then, physical and chemical characterisations of waste were analysed. The results showed that the commercial waste accounted for 35.1% of municipal waste, in which restaurants were the most significant waste source by 74.5%. The composition of commercial waste was 66.8% for biodegradable waste, 20.1% for recycling materials, 11.3% for combustible waste, and 1.8% for the others. Also, the high moisture content and density, and the low heating value were the characteristics of the commercial waste in a tourism city in Vietnam. Solutions of waste minimisation and improvement of waste quality for incineration were suggested toward the sustainable solid waste management practice.
AB - This study provided a detailed description of the waste generation, composition, and characterisation of the commercial activities in a tourism city in Vietnam. Whereby, solid waste from 55 restaurants, 110 shops, 27 handcraft facilities and five markets were collected and classified into 17 categories. Then, physical and chemical characterisations of waste were analysed. The results showed that the commercial waste accounted for 35.1% of municipal waste, in which restaurants were the most significant waste source by 74.5%. The composition of commercial waste was 66.8% for biodegradable waste, 20.1% for recycling materials, 11.3% for combustible waste, and 1.8% for the others. Also, the high moisture content and density, and the low heating value were the characteristics of the commercial waste in a tourism city in Vietnam. Solutions of waste minimisation and improvement of waste quality for incineration were suggested toward the sustainable solid waste management practice.
KW - Characterisation of solid waste
KW - Commercial waste
KW - Hoi An City
KW - Market waste
KW - Restaurant waste
KW - Shop waste
KW - Solid waste composition
KW - Solid waste generation
KW - Tourism city
KW - Vietnam
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U2 - 10.1504/IJEWM.2019.099015
DO - 10.1504/IJEWM.2019.099015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064619720
SN - 1478-9876
VL - 23
SP - 319
EP - 335
JO - International Journal of Environment and Waste Management
JF - International Journal of Environment and Waste Management
IS - 3
ER -
