Abstract
There is a lack of data on the generation and composition of waste in rural areas worldwide. The present study analyzed the composition of solid waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a rural mountain region in the Sultanate of Oman, which is presently experiencing a rapid rate of urbanization due to tourism development. The solid wastes here are generated by the municipality collecting waste from residential, commercial, institutional and recreational areas, the military from a training camp and a few non-governmental private companies from their camps and hotels. The whole load from each of the three sources was manually segregated each month from June 2013 – May 2014. The results indicated that plastic is the dominant category in the wastes collected by the municipality and accounts for 26.7%, followed by paper (17.9%) and then food (14.4%). Food is the dominant category in the wastes collected by the military and private companies and accounts for 36.5% and 45.5% respectively. Management issues associated with solid waste are briefly considered. The study concluded that the municipality should implement an improved system for the collection of plastic waste and initiate a system for recycling it; the military and private companies should reduce the quantities of food waste by improved planning and management of the catering services.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.24200/squjs.vol22iss1pp1-9
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 22(1), 1
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
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APA 7
Al-Mahrouqi, A. I., & Victor, R. (2017). Composition of Solid Waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a Mountain Region Undergoing Rapid Urbanization in Northern Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 22(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol22iss1pp1-9
MLA 9
Al-Mahrouqi, Abdullah Issa, and Reginald Victor. "Composition of Solid Waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a Mountain Region Undergoing Rapid Urbanization in Northern Oman." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 22, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol22iss1pp1-9.
Chicago (author–date)
Al-Mahrouqi, Abdullah Issa, and Reginald Victor. 2017. "Composition of Solid Waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a Mountain Region Undergoing Rapid Urbanization in Northern Oman." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science 22 (1): 1. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol22iss1pp1-9.
Harvard
Al-Mahrouqi, A. I. and Victor, R. (2017) 'Composition of Solid Waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a Mountain Region Undergoing Rapid Urbanization in Northern Oman', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 22(1), pp. 1. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol22iss1pp1-9.
Vancouver
Al-Mahrouqi AI, Victor R. Composition of Solid Waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a Mountain Region Undergoing Rapid Urbanization in Northern Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science. 2017;22(1):1. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol22iss1pp1-9
IEEE
A. I. Al-Mahrouqi, and R. Victor, "Composition of Solid Waste in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, a Mountain Region Undergoing Rapid Urbanization in Northern Oman," Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 1, 2017, doi: 10.24200/squjs.vol22iss1pp1-9.