Surveys were undertaken via face-to-face interviews. It was found that medium-density fibreboard
(MDF), and to a lesser extent, chipboard, were used in the manufacture of furniture, and two major types
of waste in the form of fine dust and small fragments of board are generated during the cutting of these
boards. Of the resulting composite board waste, 96.9% was used for heating homes and workplaces,
where it was burnt under conditions of incomplete combustion. Enterprises were found to have adopted
other methods to utilise their wastes in addition to using them as fuel. Such enterprises include those
operating from a basement or first floor of a building in the cities, those continuing production throughout
the year, those in need for capital and those enterprises not operating a dust-collection system.