The conditions mentioned above would lead to a big opportunity for development of solid fuel
production from MSW for co-firing with coal. The spoiling MSW volumetric problem can be
solved by treating the MSW, and thus the needed solid fuel for the industries can be partly
supplied by treated MSW having combustion characteristics similar to that of coal. The
opportunity for the development of solid fuel production from MSW is still widely open, since
few studies carried out on co-combustion of MSW with coal reported very low efficiency as a
result of MSW moisture3.