GATE ES · 2021 · ES
Question 51: Municipal solid waste management
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Question 51
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The municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in a community (population = 10000) is disposed on a 12×10⁴ m² landfill site, which can be filled to a total depth of 25 m (including soil cover). Assume that MSW is generated at a rate of 2.5 kg per person per day and its compacted density is 800 kg/m³. If the volumetric ratio of MSW and soil cover is 5:1, the useful life of the landfill site is ______ years (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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2021ES
GATE ES 2021 · Paper 1
Environmental Science and Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Environmental Science and Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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