Assessment of the Contemporary Municipal Solid Waste Management in Urban Environment: The Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Hayal, Desta; Worku, Hailu; Fetene, Aramde

doi:10.3923/jest.2014.107.122

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“…Currently, the site reach to its maximum full level, yet the city still utilize the site as the only open disposal location. This site affects the surrounding environment including the inhabitants [13]. According to City Solid Waste Recycling and Disposal Project Office, Currently new sanitary landfill already built in Sendafa, Oromia state, but not operational due to some conflict.…”

Section: Waste Water Irrigated Vegetablesmentioning

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“…On other study by Alebel et al [12], about 35% of the solid waste generated in Addis Ababa is dumped on open sites, drainage channel and rivers. City of Addis Ababa generates a solid waste of 0.5 kg per capita per day [13]. Larger sources of solid waste generated from households (76%), from institutions, commercial, factories, hotels (18%) and 6% is street sweeping [14].…”

Section: Sources Of River Pollution In Addis Ababamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Contamination of Rivers and Water Reservoirs in and Around Addis Ababa City and Actions to Combat It

Yohannes¹,

Elias²

2017

Environ Pollut Climate Change

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Section: Waste Water Irrigated Vegetablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sources Of River Pollution In Addis Ababamentioning

confidence: 99%

Contamination of Rivers and Water Reservoirs in and Around Addis Ababa City and Actions to Combat It

Yohannes¹,

Elias²

2017

Environ Pollut Climate Change

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“…The solid wastes are being dumped or burnt without proper recycling. The capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa produces 0.5 kg per capita per day solid waste and the management of these wastes is difficult (Desta et al 2014). It includes organic and inorganic wastes.…”

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Manurial value of khat waste vermicompost from Awday, Harar town, Ethiopia

Rameshwar

Argaw

2016

Int J Recycl Org Waste Agricult

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Purpose Catha edulis, commonly called as khat or chat is an evergreen plant cultivated in Ethiopia for its stimulant leaves. The young leaves are chewed as a part of social recreation and the older leaves along with the twigs are discarded. This forms the major part of municipal solid waste that is dumped in large quantity in Harar region. The present study was carried in Haramaya University, Ethiopia to decompose the khat wastes along with crop residues and different animal manures (cow dung, goat manure, poultry manure and swine manure) using the earthworm Eisenia foetida. Methods The collected khat wastes along with crop residues and different animal manures were vermicomposted and assessed for nutrient contents using standard procedures. Results The result of the experiment indicated that all the parameters were improved by the decomposition using earthworms and the C/N ratio was within the limits that indicate the maturity of the compost. The organic carbon, organic matter, total nitrogen, phosphorus, copper, iron, zinc and manganese contents were analyzed and found to be improved after decomposition. The added crop residues and animal manures enhanced the decomposition process and manurial value of the khat leaf waste. ConclusionThe nutrient content of the vermicomposts revealed khat to be a suitable substrate for vermicomposting thereby making efficient utilization of solid wastes. This can be an effective technology to reduce the solid waste and the resultant product can be used for improving soil fertility and crop production by the farmers.

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“…However with collection capacity of 65%, the solid waste generation of Addis Ababa City was about 0.5 kg per capita per day and its density ranges from 205-370 Kg/m 3 with a total 1,000,000 m 3 volume of solid waste per annum. The remaining wastes were dumped along the streets, on vacant plots, along streams, in ditches and bridges in a manner of polluting the environment which makes the estimation more difficult [12].…”

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“…In spite of the large investment in expanding public and private healthcare facilities in Ethiopia, medical wastes are usually rampantly handled like any other municipal waste without any treatment in money urban setting of Ethiopia [12].…”

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Healthcare Waste Composition and Generation Rate in Menellik II Referral Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study

Atnafu¹

2017

IJSMIT

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Abstract:Healthcare facilities generate tremendous amount of infectious waste from healthcare activities. Despite the great potential for environmental hazards and public health risks of healthcare waste, its proper handling and management is significantly undermined in many developing countries where the actual amount of healthcare waste generated and its composition in Ethiopia is not well defined. Thus it is important to determine the existing generation rate in the hospital. Across-sectional study design was employed to assess the waste composition and determine generation rate in Menellik II hospital. A calibrated sensitive weight scale was used to quantify the generation rate of health care waste for seven days. Data was entered, arranged and analyzed using MS office excel sversion 2007 and SPS Sversion 20. Correlation and regression analysis were computed to know the relationships between magnitude of waste generated and other variables. The results showed that the mean waste generation rate was found to be 1.94Kg/bed/day±0.335, comprised of 40.9% (130.20Kg/day±38.22) general and 59.1% (187.89Kg/day±38.85) hazardous wastes. The amount of waste generated was positively correlated with patients treated per day (r=0.835, p<0.05). The waste generation rate and proportion was also significantly varies between inpatients and outpatients (t=4.353, P<0.01) and there was a statistical significance difference among case teams (X 2 =56.558, p<0.0001). The mean generation rate in the hospital was comparable to other studies in Ethiopia but higher than Sub Saharan African countries. The proportion of hazardous waste (59.1%) was above the threshold set by the WHO (10-25%). This is because of malpractices of healthcare waste segregation. Therefore providing safe waste management technologies, adherence to national policy and awareness rising of all concerned needs to adopt in the hospital.

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Assessment of the Contemporary Municipal Solid Waste Management in Urban Environment: The Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Cited by 20 publications

References 7 publications

Contamination of Rivers and Water Reservoirs in and Around Addis Ababa City and Actions to Combat It

Contamination of Rivers and Water Reservoirs in and Around Addis Ababa City and Actions to Combat It

Manurial value of khat waste vermicompost from Awday, Harar town, Ethiopia

Healthcare Waste Composition and Generation Rate in Menellik II Referral Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study

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