despite the fact that the proper design of processing plants as well as final disposal facilities should include a through understanding of the properties of refuse and its components,this requirement has,up until recently,been ignored. Perhaps this can be explained by the absence of reliable information readily available in the literature. This problem is particularly more pronounced in economically developing countries. Mechanical properties are espcially important in the design of sanitary landfills and ancillary systems, This section presents the results of analyse carried out using raw MSW