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The objective of the study is to determine characterize the physical composition of the generated domesticsolid waste in rural areas. The study was carried out in Union Council (UC) Maryam Zai Badaber, Peshawar. AsBadaber, Peshawar has no proper solid waste collection system in order to determine number of generated solid wastesamples to be collected the population of the entire UC Maryam Zai Badaber obtained from Pakistan bureau of statics(6th population and housing census 2017). Accurate number of representative samples in different mohallahs or hamletsof the UC has been determined through using published tables reported by Israel in 1992. While the representaivesample with in different hamlets of UC was carried out using the technique of simple random sampling. Besides, thispreference will be given to the willingness of respondent or representative of the household. Plastic bags were providedfor consecutive 14 days to the100 representative housholds for the collection of domestic solid waste samples the sampleswere collected sharp after 24 hours the collected solid waste samples were transferred to a temporary establishedcentralized facility for characterization as per ASTM D 5231-92 (Reapproved 2003). It was concluded that the domesticsolid waste generated with in rural areas comprising 35% of green waste (bio-degradable waste), recyclable waste 35%and 30% of non-bio- degradable solid waste. It was concluded that domestic solid waste was not properly managed dueto the lack proper solid waste management system.

Zohaib Hassan, Khan Shahzada, Arshad Ali, “CHARACTERIZATION OF DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE IN RURAL AREAS”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 138-141, January 2019.