Evaluate of Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Wolkite City, Ethiopia

Municipal solid waste management is one of the major challenge problems in wolkite city. Improper management of municipal solid waste causes hazards to inhabitants and creating       problems to public health and the Environment. In this study, I attempt has been made to provide a comprehensive review of the characteristics, generation, collection, transportation, and disposal practiced in wolkite. From the interview conducted with MSE (Micro and Small Enterprise) workers and illegal solid waste disposal in open spaces is common practice in the study area and some of the main reasons raised by the respondents were the insufficient number of transfer stations and communal containers. The frequency of waste collection from sample respondents reveals that 46% of the respondents have been collecting users waste in two weeks interval. While respectively 37%, 3% and 14% of the respondents has conducted waste collection service once a week, twice a week and daily and  results of experimental analysis of waste compositions showed high contents of food waste (43.45%) and low content E-waste (0.09%). The study is concluded with a few fruitful suggestions, which may be beneficial to encourage the competent researchers to work towards further improvement of the present system.

Author(s): Zeynu Shamil*

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