Similar to other rural areas in developing countries, the MSW generated in Maiked had a high
percentage of organics waste (wet fraction), e.g. kitchen waste and yard waste, which amounted to 44.2
%-wt. of the total. The remaining was a dry fraction, comprising plastic, paper, cloth, rubber and trace
amounts of non-combustible material, e.g. glass, metal and hazardous waste. The physical composition of
MSW is presented in Fig. 1. For the chemical composition, the wet and dry fractions were separately
analyzed and the results are listed in Table 1.