About this metric

biodegradable solid waste

Solid waste is garbage. Biodegradable solid waste is the organic portion.

Biodegradable solid waste = solid waste * organic proportion of solid waste

Used to calculate: non-biodegradable solid waste

Depends upon:

—Parameters: days per year, organic proportion of solid waste, residential solid waste generation rate and work solid waste generation rate density

—Other metrics: households and usable areas (floor area)


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