WASTE CLASSIFICATION

TYPE A: rash, a mixture of highly combustible waste such as paper, cardboard, wood boxes, and contains up to combustible floor sweepings, from commercial and industrial activities. The mixture contain up to 10% by weight of plastic bags, coated paper, laminated paper, treated corrugated cardboard, oily rags and plastic or rubber scraps. This type of waste contains 20% moisture, 5% incombustible solids and has a heating value of 4700 Kcal. Per Kg. As fired.

TYPE B: Rubbish, a mixture of combustible waste such as paper, cardboard cartons, wood scrap, foliage and combustible floor sweeping, from domestic, commercial and industrial activities. The mixture contains up to 20% by weight of restaurant or cafeteria waste, but contains little or no treated papers, plastic or rubber wastes. This type of waste contains 25% moisture, 10% incombustible solid and has a heating value of 3600 Kcal. Per. Kg. As fired.

TYPE C: Refuse, consisting of an approximately even mixture of rubbish garbage by weight, this type of waste is common to apartment and residential occupancy, consisting of up to 70% moisture, 7% incombustible solids, and has a heating value of 2350 Kcal. Per. Kg. As fired.

TYPE D: Garbage, consisting of animal and vegetable waste from restaurant, cafeterias, hotels, hospitals, markets and like installations. This type of waste contains up to 75% moisture, up to 5% incombustible solids, and has a heating value of 14oo Kcal. Per. Kg. As fired.

TYPE E: Human and animal remains, consisting of carcasses, organs and solid organic wastes from hospitals, and similar sources, consisting of up to 85% incombustible solids, and having a heating value of 550 Kcal. Per Kg. As fired.

TYPE F: Industry waste variable mixture of organic, inorganic and inert nature including residues, sludges slurry, toxic and hazardous waste.

REFUSE GENERATION RATE FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Source	Type	Unit	Qty Kg/Day	Av. Calorific kCal/Kg
School/College	Refuse	1000 Persons	250 -300	3200 - 3600
Banks/Offices	Refuse	1000 m	50 - 100	3600 - 4000
Shops	Refuse	1000 m	150 - 200	3600 - 4000
Hospitals	Mixture	100 Beds	250 - 300	2000 - 2400
Clinics	Mixture	1 Outpatient	1 - 1.5	2000 - 2400
Parks	Mixture	10000 m	80 - 120	2000 - 2400
Restaurants	Garbage	100 Guests	50 - 100	1800 - 2000
Hotels	Garbage	100 Guests	250 - 300	2000 - 2400
Industry	Mixture	Variable	Variable	Variable

FOR HOSPITAL / BIO-MEDICAL WASTE (BMW Series)

TYPES OF WASTE

1. Animal waste: Animal issues, organs, body part, carcasses, bleeding parts, fluid and blood.

2. Experimental animal used in research, waste generated by veterinary hospitals collages, discharge from hospital/animal houses.

3. discarded medicines and cytological drugs (Waste comprising of out dated, contaminated and discarded medicines)

4. Solid waste: items contaminated with blood , and body fluids including cotton, dressings, solid plasters casts, bleeding, other material contaminated with blood.

HOW TO ASCERTAIN

THE CAPACITY OF INCINERATOR

FOR YOUR HOSPITAL?

According to a report of SERVICES HEALTH ACADEMY Islamabad, the waste output of the hospitals is calculated @ 2 Kg/Bed (Indoor admission) & @ 0.5 Kg/Patient (Outdoor patients).