TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of plastic waste generation and its potential recycling of household solid waste in Can Tho City, Vietnam
AU - Thanh, Nguyen Phuc
AU - Matsui, Yasuhiro
AU - Fujiwara, Takeshi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This study was supported by the education program for “Human Resources Development for Environmental Rehabilitation in Asia” funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan (MEXT). The authors thank the staff and the students at Can Tho University, Vietnam for their assistance with this study.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Plastic solid waste has become a serious problem when considering the disposal alternatives following the sequential hierarchy of sound solid waste management. This study was undertaken to assess the quantity and composition of household solid waste, especially plastic waste to identify opportunities for waste recycling. A 1-month survey of 130 households was carried out in Can Tho City, the capital city of the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam. Household solid waste was collected from each household and classified into ten physical categories; especially plastic waste was sorted into 22 subcategories. The average household solid waste generation rate was 281.27 g/cap/day. The compostable and recyclable shares respectively accounted for high percentage as 80.74% and 11%. Regarding plastic waste, the average plastic waste generation rate was 17.24 g/cap/day; plastic packaging and plastic containers dominated with the high percentage, 95.64% of plastic waste. Plastic shopping bags were especially identified as the major component, accounting for 45.72% of total plastic waste. Relevant factors such as household income and household size were found to have an existing correlation to plastic waste generation in detailed composition. The household habits and behaviors of plastic waste discharge and the aspects of environmental impacts and resource consumption for plastic waste disposal alternatives were also evaluated.
AB - Plastic solid waste has become a serious problem when considering the disposal alternatives following the sequential hierarchy of sound solid waste management. This study was undertaken to assess the quantity and composition of household solid waste, especially plastic waste to identify opportunities for waste recycling. A 1-month survey of 130 households was carried out in Can Tho City, the capital city of the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam. Household solid waste was collected from each household and classified into ten physical categories; especially plastic waste was sorted into 22 subcategories. The average household solid waste generation rate was 281.27 g/cap/day. The compostable and recyclable shares respectively accounted for high percentage as 80.74% and 11%. Regarding plastic waste, the average plastic waste generation rate was 17.24 g/cap/day; plastic packaging and plastic containers dominated with the high percentage, 95.64% of plastic waste. Plastic shopping bags were especially identified as the major component, accounting for 45.72% of total plastic waste. Relevant factors such as household income and household size were found to have an existing correlation to plastic waste generation in detailed composition. The household habits and behaviors of plastic waste discharge and the aspects of environmental impacts and resource consumption for plastic waste disposal alternatives were also evaluated.
KW - Generation rate
KW - Household solid waste
KW - Physical composition
KW - Plastic waste
KW - Plastics recycling
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U2 - 10.1007/s10661-010-1490-8
DO - 10.1007/s10661-010-1490-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 20490914
AN - SCOPUS:79952447667
SN - 0167-6369
VL - 175
SP - 23
EP - 35
JO - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
JF - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
IS - 1-4
ER -
