Assessment of the Potential of Biomass Gasification for Electricity Generation in Bangladesh

Table 6

MSW generation in six major districts of Bangladesh.

MSW generation	Dhaka	Chittagong	Khulna	Rajshahi	Barisal	Sylhet
Population (millions)^4	11.9	7.5	2.3	2.6	2.3	3.4
MSW generation (tons/day)	5770	2700	796	1042	748	1462
MSW generation rate (kg/capita/day)	0.485	0.360	0.346	0.401	0.325	0.430