The Effect of Solid Waste Reverse Logistics on the Livelihood Assets of Collectors: The case of Addis Ababa
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The government authority to manage Addis Ababa’s Solid waste is Addis Ababa Solid Waste
Management Agency. This agency uses three solid waste collection systems. These systems are
residential, commercial and street waste collections. The residential waste collection system is the
responsibility of micro and small enterprises organized under associations in all Woredas of Addis
Ababa. These collectors earn their living operating solid waste collection by performing practices
which fall in the realm of solid waste reverse logistics i.e. personal reuse, recycling, commercial
reuse and organic valorization. There are about 6,400 individual collectors in Addis Ababa under
the residential solid waste collection system. These collectors are working in all the sub-cities of
Addis Ababa and the research study used a stratified sampling technique to identify a sample size
of 376 respondents and study on the effect of solid waste reverse logistics on the livelihood assets
of collectors. The research used both primary and secondary data to describe how residential solid
waste collection is being practiced in Addis Ababa and infer which solid waste reverse logistics
practice highly contribute on the livelihood assets of collectors.
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Solid Waste, Reverse Logistics,, Personal Reuse, Commercial Reuse,, Recycling, Organic Valorization,, Livelihood Assets.