POPULATION, RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE GENERATION AND CONTAINERS NEEDED IN MOSUL CITY.

Dumps of residential solid waste (RSW) has been visible in the districts of Mosul City long time before the 2003 war. Moreover, in some districts, residents and others take their solid waste to the banks of River Tigris, causing further pollution to this relatively large and fast flowing river. The Directorate of Mosul Municipality (DMM) is doing what it can to provide a sort of minimum collection, transfer, and disposal services to the city. When the funding for these services dries up, dumps of RSW (and other solid waste) become more visible. Having no reliable and detailed data on RSW generation for Mosul City and its districts to bite on, the DMM had to rely on the unrealistic RSW generation rate of one kilogram per capita a day (kg/capita/day) for planning and budgeting purposes. This mini-project attempts at bringing the 0MM closer to such data, using a sample survey. The estimated RSW generation rate at source for Mosul City, using the survey data, has been around 0.3kg/capita/day. With an estimated city population of 1.2 million or so, RSW generation would be some 400 tons a day. The study includes, among other things, RSW generation for each municipal section of Mosul City, and containers need for twelve of its districts. The author concludes the study with some recommendations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]