Status of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Sibo sub-urban and Bure Town, Bure District,Ilu Aba Bora Zone,South West Ethiopia.

Abstract

Waste management is the specific name for the collection, transportation, and removal or recycling and controlling of waste. Environmentally acceptable management of municipal solid waste has become a global challenge due to limited resources, population booming, rapid urbanization and worldwide industrialization. This study was conducted to assess the current municipal solid waste management practices of Sibo sub-urban and Bure towns in south western Ethiopia. Municipal solid waste management in the study area has not been carried out in a sufficient and proper manner. The result of this research had a great importance in improving solid waste management and providing detail information about waste and the effects of waste in the study area. Data was gathered from 137 sampled households. These were reached through stratified sampling method. Observation, questionnaires and interviews were used for collection of primary data. Secondary data was extracted from different published and unpublished materials. The analysis of the data was carried out both qualitatively and quantitatively. Accordingly, descriptive survey research method was used. The result of data analysis showed that plastic wastes were the major type of solid waste in the study area. From the total respondents’ majority (84.7%) of them do not have temporary solid waste storage. Most (70.8%) of them did not have the experience of sorting or separates solid waste at their site of generation. Regarding collection services and transportation activities majority (71.5%) of them replied that there is no collection services and transportation activities in the two study areas. Regarding rules and laws related solid waste management; most (58.3%) did not know that there is no solid waste related laws and regulation available in the study area. The greatest amount of solid waste of the study area (66. %) was generated from residential areas. The report from Gondar town (Mohammed.G, 2015) also confirms the same results. The conclusion of the study indicated that the weak financial status of the municipality to provide solid waste storage materials along with low awareness of the community were the series problem that challenges the practice of solid waste management system in study areas. In general, the municipality should involve the stakeholders to fulfill the required conditions for the waste management in the town and engage in awareness creation campaign to enable the people aware of the importance of safe solid waste disposal for their environment and health.