Assessment of Solid Waste Management Practices and Implications to Waste Pickers Food Security in Arada Sub-City Addis Ababa
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2020-12
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Addis Ababa University
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The aim of this study was to assess solid waste management implication to waste pickers’
food security in Arada Sub-City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 76 Waste pickers were selected
based on the product of Yamane formula using Simple random and purposive sampling
techniques to get information and quantitative data were collecting using questionnaire
survey and analyzed using measure of central tendency (mean) and measure of dispersion
(standard deviation).Qualitative data were collected through key informant interview and
secondary data sources were analyzed using thematic content analysis and there was
inadequate solid waste management due to lack of strict rules and regulation as well as lack
of social awareness exist in the sub city in particularly in Arada sub-city. The findings of this
study revealed that there is limited financial, physical, and human resources, lack of waste
management policy, social inclusiveness of waste pickers, and scarcity of food stay alive in
the sub city. The waste pickers have challenges of income for their livelihood, lack of
adoption of capital-intensive, lack of awareness of communities and there is lack of
government attention on solid waste management. The level of education of waste pickers
was low because they were immigrants from rural areas due to that they were not effective in
adoption of technologies. The distance of transfer station, inappropriate waste collection,
and informal community waste containers had also direct impact on solid waste
management. Location of waste storage, food insecure of waste pickers, factors related to
financial constraints, weak enforcement of rules and regulations, socio-economic, cultural
factors and awareness of the communities affects them. Thus, it was recommend that to
increase awareness of the community, responsible bodies (Government, Community and
Health Bureau) should pay attention to the issue in order to improve the current poor solid
waste management practices and to improve the food security of waste pickers in the town.
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Waste, economic incentives, management, food security, pollution, sub city