Question: Q 2 - C ) A city has 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 population and the daily MSW production rate is approximately 1

Q2-C) A city has 750,000 population and the daily MSW production rate is approximately 1.5kg? person. Estimate the following requirements under the given conditions:
i) If the municipality has 150 vehicles for waste disposal; each has 15m3 capacity. estimate the number of additional vehicles required to transfer the daily generated waste to a remote landfill. Assume all vehicles have equipment that compresses the wastes to a density of 315kgm3, and each vehicle makes two trips per day.
[6 Marks]
ii) If the landfill area is approximately 0.5km1.0km and its average depth is 10.0m, estimate the number of years (300 days/year) that the landfill will serve. Assume the wastes layers in the landfill will be compacted to a density of 500kgm3
[8 Marks]
iii) If one recycling company proposed reducing the wastes by 17.5% through recycling, estimate the number of years the landfill will serve in this case.
[6 Marks|
Q 2 - C ) A city has 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 population and

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