Assessment Of Urban Solid Waste Management: The Case Of Gongebe Kebele, Bensa Daye Town, East Sidama Zone, Sidama Region, Ethiopia

Abstract

This study was done is Bensa Daye town specifically in Gongebe kebele. The major objective of this study is to assess urban solid waste management in case of Daye town. In the study area there are different waste sources like commercial, domestic, industrial, institution, and etc. Wastes that are generated from different source have diverse features like corrosive, toxicity reactivity, and ignitability, based on the level of the toxicity affect the environment. But urban solid waste management practice (reuse, reduce, recycling, incineration and disposal) were not applied effective due to institution, environmental, economic, financial, social, and technical factors. The researchers were used simple random sampling techniques. From the whole population of the kebele researchers were took 78 households as a sample. For this study researchers were used both secondary and primary data sources. They were employed different data collection tools like questionnaires, interview and by field observation. By analyses the data, the result shows that there is widespread problem of waste disposal in the town, effects of waste on the environment, factors that affecting waste management system. Finally, the researchers were suggest that, waste and its management is serious problem in the study area. Therefore, each and every individual’s participation on the solid waste management by handling and storing the waste until they are placed in storage area is very important. Adopting the Integrated Solid Waste Management strategy, relatively using landfill site, using modern technology and establishing industry that recycle and use solid waste as input are necessary to ensure effective solid waste management