Assessment of Solid Waste Management Strategies: In Addis Ababa City Administration
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2024-05-01
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Abstract
Solid waste, which is a result of day-to-day activities of human kind, needs to be managed in a
proper manner. Addis Ababa city, faces serious problems associated with poorly solid waste
management system. The study identified that the existing solid waste management problems are
pronounced due to: no enough system is introduced for sorting wastes, shortage of community
bins (shared containers) for collecting household wastes, piles of solid wastes are often found
everywhere (along roadsides, underneath bridges, in drainage channels and in other open
spaces), weak implementation of government policy, laws, regulations and legislations, the
general public has not been motivated to participate actively in solid waste management system,
there are low formal and informal as well as private sectors involved in the operation,
insufficient financial resources or inappropriate allocation of available resources. This research
project aimed at assessing of solid waste management strategy in Addis Ababa city. The study
used descriptive design, both quantitative and qualitative data collection method for primary and
secondary sources. Most of quantitative information collected through secondary sources and
qualitative data were collected from observations and interviews. The findings of this study
would be valuable to Ethiopian local governments, particularly City government of Addis Ababa
solid waste management agency, in understanding the dynamics of waste management strategy.
This study answered how the city government minimize challenges for current solid waste
management system in Addis Ababa city, assess solid waste disposal methods and awareness
creation about solid waste management to the community in City government of Addis Ababa
solid waste management agency. The scope of the study was limited on the assessment of solid
waste management Strategies that include solid waste handling, collection, transportation, and
disposal system within the boundary of Addis Ababa city by taking all (eleven) sub cities. Finally,
the study would address some important recommendations towards implementing the developed
strategies to mitigate the existing solid waste management problems.