Characterization of Solid Waste Generated on the University of Ilorin Campus and Recycling of the Paper Content.
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2019
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Journal of Research Information in Civil Engineering
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This work presents the characterization of solid waste generated on the university of Ilorin main campus and recycling of the paper content with faculty of Engineering and Technology buildings as a case study. A total of 91.7kg of waste was sampled and characterized and it was concluded that various types of waste generated are: Cardboard/carton, Nylon, PET bottles, Paper, Wood, Food waste, Aluminum can, Yard waste, Glass bottle, Packaging wraps, Computer hardware, Metal scraps, Laboratory waste such as hardened soil samples, bamboo stalks, Lead acid accumulator, and ink cartridge. The most prominent ones among these waste components was found to be the Miscellaneous with a percentage component of 29.85. Miscellaneous comprises of photocopier parts, broken crates, ink cartridge and laboratory wastes. Cardboard/carton seconded with a total percentage of 20.55% while Wood was the third largest with a percentage of 12.88%. Others include: Food waste, 6.58%; PET bottles,5.68%; glass bottles, 5.92%; yard waste, 4.26% aluminum cans,3.11%; nylon,2.0%; paper, 2.88%; yard waste, 2.28%. packaging wraps with a percentage composition of 1.11% was the least. Finally, some of the waste paper were recovered and recycled.
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Solid waste, characterization, recycling. paper, cardboard, metal scraps
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S. O. Bilewu and O.V. Oluwaseun. (2019). Characterization of Solid Waste Generated on the University of Ilorin Campus and Recycling of the Paper Content.Journal of Research Information in Civil Engineering. 16(2).2635-2656