Municipal solid waste management in Ethiopia; the gaps and ways for improvement

Teshome, Fiseha Bekele

doi:10.1007/s10163-020-01118-y

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“…But only small proportions of wastes were recycled by informal collectors in unregulated and unsafe ways. Similar reports were done in Northern Kerala and the majority of Ethiopian City (Kaithery and Karunakaran, 2019;Teshome, 2020). Large proportions of the respondents were having the ''knowledge'' on solid waste management practice, but didn't practice properly.…”

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Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice in Yirgalem Town, Sidam Region, Ethiopia

Teshome

Habtu

Molla

et al. 2021

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Background: Municipal solid waste is not properly treated and handled in less developed countries such as Ethiopia. Consequently, it pollutes the air, groundwater, and soil, which results in a negative impact on the hygienic conditions of the people, and the environment. This study aimed to assess existing municipal solid waste management practices in Yirgalem Town. Result: The survey result revealed that 73.2 % of the participants considered their surroundings clean and 83% of the respondents knew more about solid waste management. This result showed that only 38% of the households have access to door -to- door solid waste collection services in the Town. Yirgalem Town does not have a well managed municipal solid waste disposal site, thus every waste generated from the town is discarded into an open dumping area. More than 50.9% of the respondents feel unsatisfied with the current solid waste management services. Most solid waste management practices (knowledge, recycling and reusing, participation, and sorting and disposal practices) are significantly associated with gender, age and monthly income level of socio-demographic characteristics (p <0.05). However, other socio-demographic characteristics such as marital status, educational background, and job status and house ownership were not significantly associated with solid waste management practices. (p > 0.05). Conclusion: In general, poor institutional structure, lack of skilled manpower, finance and equipment and tools are the major challenges faced by the municipality of Yirgalem Town. Thus, an integrated and inclusive solid waste management system is required to strengthen future waste management strategies and policies.

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Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice in Yirgalem Town, Sidam Region, Ethiopia

Teshome

Habtu

Molla

et al. 2021

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“…Current Ethiopian MSWM is mainly focused on the collection, transport, and disposal of solid waste; the implementation of the functional elements is, however, still weak [12]. Similarly, a study conducted in Bangladesh [31], Mozambique [32], and Nigeria [33] indicated that, similar to most developing countries, waste is collected from generation sources and transferred to ultimate disposal sites.…”

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“…This indicates that sustainable solid waste management strategies, such as prevention, reduction, reuse, recycling, and final disposal in many Ethiopian towns and cities, require attention from the government because the solid waste handling, recycling, and performance of disposal systems remain very poor in Ethiopia [13,34]. In short, the implementation of the basic functional elements of a solid waste management system in Ethiopia is weak [12]. Hence, the whole MSWM system in Ethiopia should be improved and replaced by sustainable MSWM; however, open burning and dumping, waste collection, and final disposal require critical attention from the government.…”

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“…Thus, MSWM in Ethiopia has mainly targeted waste collection from source and its transportation to disposal sites. This is mainly due to inadequate institutional capacity, finances, knowledge, and awareness, lack of solid waste baseline data, minimal cooperation among stakeholders, weak political commitment and prioritization, and a lack of effective planning and implementation [12][13][14].…”

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Municipal Solid Waste Management Policies, Practices, and Challenges in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review

Hirpe¹,

Yeom²

2021

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Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) affects several spheres, including environmental, social, and economic activities. In Ethiopia, massive waste generation and unbalanced management have worsened the issue. Hence, this systematic review investigates the Ethiopian MSWM policy and legal frameworks, practices, and challenges. The Scopus and Web of Science databases and Google Scholar were used to search published and unpublished studies from 2005 to 2021, and a website search was used to find studies from 1995 to 2021. The search was restricted to the English language, and the last search was conducted on 25 June 2021. The study was extracted from the characteristics of the developed study. A risk of bias assessment was conducted for the included studies using the AMSTAR 2. Among the 1135 identified records, 72 studies were found to be eligible. This systematic review identified numerous legal frameworks that enhance the implementation of MSWM in Ethiopia, which is mainly focused on waste collection, transportation, and disposal. Lack of policy enforcement, weak capacity, public awareness, and minimal cooperation among stakeholders were the main challenges. MSWM problems in Ethiopia have seen an increase in recent decades and are affecting daily life. Therefore, these findings may help to improve MSWM in Ethiopia.

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“…Due to the lack of regular waste collection and disposal services in most African cities, MSW management and disposal operations was very difficult (Mmereki 2018, Teshome 2020). Poor financial resources, limited technical capabilities and poor infrastructure was major obstacles in planning and managing solid waste (Gutiérrez Galicia et al 2019, Henry et al 2006.…”

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Toward a Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: Gaps and Challenges in Africa

Shi¹,

Wang²,

Yang³

et al. 2021

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This paper comprehensively evaluates the status of municipal solid waste (MSW) management in 54 African countries, with particular attention on MSW generation, collection, disposal, and related legislations from economical and geographical perspectives. By non-spatial data analysis model, the controlling factors that affect the daily MSW generation per capita are determined. The results show the heterogeneity of daily per capita MSW generation across African countries, ranging from 0.1 kg to 1.49 kg in 2016, largely affected by income level, national laws, geographical location and frequency of collection, particularly by GDP per capita and legislation system. The higher MSW generation, collection rates and disposal rate often occurred in economically developed maritime countries. In addition, the wide gap of MSW collection rate not only existed between African countries, but also existed within a country, even in a city, especially for low-income and middle-income countries. Moreover, there was a lack of solid waste regulations in majority Africa countries, and they are poorly implemented while where there are regulations. Based on MSW generation prediction model, the total MSW generation in Africa is expected to triple in 2050, making the future of solid waste management in Africa more challenging.

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Municipal solid waste management in Ethiopia; the gaps and ways for improvement

Cited by 47 publications

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Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice in Yirgalem Town, Sidam Region, Ethiopia

Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice in Yirgalem Town, Sidam Region, Ethiopia

Municipal Solid Waste Management Policies, Practices, and Challenges in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review

Toward a Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: Gaps and Challenges in Africa

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