@inproceedings{a554898c60a04693bd57a4e9bef502a6,
title = "Assessing the morphological composition and energy potential of MSW, the case of the city of johannesburg",
abstract = "The knowledge of the composition of a city's municipal solid waste and embedded resources is one of the pre-requisite for effective planning and implementation of sustainable strategies. A quantification exercise conducted towards estimating the composition and energy potential of the City of Johannesburg waste streams has been presented in this study. The waste quantification was conducted at Robinson deep landfill site and captured summer waste profile. The study showed that between 1.1 to 2.3 TWh/year can be generated from household collected refuse, also known as round collected refuse, depending on the degree of recycling implemented while waste from restaurants and eateries known as dailies can theoretically generate between 0.023 to 0.081 TWh/year of energy. The result also highlights the quantity of paper, plastic among other recyclables that can be diverted into other processes as secondary raw material. The energy potential of the non-recyclable energy potent materials was also presented.",
keywords = "Calorific value, Energy, Municipal solid waste, Waste quantification",
author = "Masebinu, {S. O.} and Akinlabi, {E. T.} and E. Muzenda and Aboyade, {A. O.} and C. Mbohwa",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} IEOM Society International.; 7th Annual Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2017 ; Conference date: 11-04-2017 Through 13-04-2017",
year = "2017",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780985549763",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management",
publisher = "IEOM Society",
pages = "5696--5702",
booktitle = "7th Annual Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2017",
}
