Municipal Solid Waste Management Service in Addis Ababa in T He Case of Arada Sub City.
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Municipalities in developing countries are incapable of meeting the demand for urban services. Some years ago Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, took the initiative to overcome some of these problems by starting a reform process. This study was aimed at the overall assessment of the existing MSWM service of Addis Ababa city in Arada sub city. Besides this, the study had also specific objectives such as investigation of households’ solid waste generation rate, physical composition and management practices, the existing status and spatial coverage of MSWM, and current institutional arrangement and capacity of MSWM service delivery of the sub city. In order to accomplish these objectives, the researcher used both primary and secondary data sources. The primary data were gathered through questionnaires, interviews, field measurement, and field observations. Whereas secondary data were extracted from different published and unpublished materials. The analysis of this paper was carried out using both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The findings of this study revealed that the present system of MSWM of Addis Ababa in Arada sub city entirely relied on the municipality which provided the full range of waste collection, transportation and disposal service. Based on the findings of this research, the sub city households’ dominantly produced biodegradable solid wastes. The MSWM of the sub city is found in very low status and spatial coverage. This poor status of MSWM is also intensified by three critical factors. The first one is poor institutional structure and capacity of Sanitation, and solid waste management Department. The second shortcoming is limited participation and contribution of stakeholders’ i.e. unsatisfactory participation of communities, no collaboration of various CBOs and NGOs, no private sector involvement, very limited contribution of MSSE, .The third constraint is poor households’ solid waste management practices resulted from improper handling of solid waste storage materials, low level of solid waste separation and resource recovery activities, and illegal solid waste disposal system. Therefore, the best ways that used to tackle the above problems are: execution of sustainable solid waste management systems through awareness creation and training, improvement of the SSWMD institutional structure and capacity, and implementation of integrated MSWM approach which recognizes and comprises all stokeholds.
Key Words: - institutional structure and capacity; Solid waste management ,(MSWM); Household
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institutional structure and capacity; Solid waste management ,(MSWM); Household