The municipal waste was characteriz

The municipal waste was characterized by a higher moisture and organic carbon content than the pretreated waste. The total organic carbon content in the aerobic treated waste was lower by 29 %.
The dominant components in the untreated waste were kitchen and garden waste (42.5 %) and paper and cardboard (17.5 %). The share of these fractions in the MSW compared to the ST was higher by approximately 30 and 17.4 %, respectively. The share of the other components was lower than in the ST: glass 27.5 %, plastic 31.0 %, textile 16.0 %, packing material 44.0 %, metal 18.7 %.