Assessment of the Current Solid Waste Management Practice; Case Study of Bishoftu Town, East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Birhanu Assefa (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mahelet Admassu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-27T08:35:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-27T08:35:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The success of waste management requires reliable data on waste generation and composition, which is critical for making decisions about the best waste management system. There is currently no data on Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation and composition collected in Bishoftu town. In order to provide baseline data for the establishment of a municipal solid waste management system, the primary goal of this study is to analyse the rate of generation and composition of municipal solid waste. The samples were collected from the household from 4 Keble’s and from different commercial activities like hotels, resorts, restaurants and cafeterias, open market, super market and mini markets found in the town. The collected sample was sorted out in to various components. Subsequently, the weight of each component were measured and recorded. The daily generation of MSW works out to be 0.31 Kg /day/person with a density of 306 Kg/m3.The study results reveal that the MSW stream has the largest proportion of biodegradable waste (69 %) followed by other waste (18 %) containing ash material and different solid waste types. From the socio-economic analysis, middle socioeconomic group and lower socioeconomic group generate more waste due to more family members and energy type used for cooking while socioeconomic characteristics like education level, occupation, age, gender, and housing condition have no relationship with solid waste management practices. Understanding the movement of waste in an urban area is crucial for identifying the main problems and opportunities for improvement in the efficient handling of waste. Assessment instruments like material flow analysis (MFA), a technique that is widely used in waste management research, offer an organized and objective assessment procedure to best describe the waste management system, identify its strengths and weaknesses, and suggest feasible alternatives. In order to assess the current waste management strategy used by the City of Bishoftu, this study uses material flow analysis. Due to the waste's high organic content If waste management options such as composting and recycling are implemented in the future, there is a greater possibility of reducing the amount of waste stream that is disposed of in landfills as well as lowering greenhouse gas emissions, which is a current global issue. By composting 50 % of the waste designated to the disposal site 47.9 % of resource is managed which have an increment of 78.1 % than the current SWM practice and a total reduction of 35.35 % in GHG emission. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3031 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Solid waste management | |
| dc.subject | Material flow analysis | |
| dc.subject | composting | |
| dc.title | Assessment of the Current Solid Waste Management Practice; Case Study of Bishoftu Town, East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia | |
| dc.type | Thesis |