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Municipal sewage sludge (MSS) is waste by-product produced from Municipal sewage treatment plant. Municipal waste water contains lots of hazardous impurities. So, it is necessary to treat domestic waste water in waste water treatment plant. Sewage sludge is destructive to the environment, because it contains high concentrations of heavy metal, organic pollutants and pathogens. Sewage sludge disposed by various methods such as agriculture use, landfill, and incineration are creating air or soil pollution. There are various methods available such as pyrolysis and gasification to convert municipal sewage sludge into useful products such as bio-oil, charcoal and syngas. Bio-oil can be used as fuel. Pyrolysis technology offers a practical and substitute method for stabilization and resource consumption of sewage sludge. Pyrolysis is an effective and feasible measure to immobilize heavy metals in residue and reduce toxicity to the environment. This paper is about characterization of municipal sewage sludge as well as characterize bio-oil which is produced by pyrolysis. Material characterization includes proximate and ultimate analysis of municipal sewage sludge and bio-oil.