Household Solid Waste Management Strategies in Urbanizing Areas. A Case Study of Sokoni I Ward, Arusha City, Tanzania

Godcryson P. Massawe; Juma Almasi Mhina

doi:10.37284/eajenr.8.1.2578

Godcryson P. Massawe Tengeru Institute of Community Development
Juma Almasi Mhina Tengeru Institute of Community Development

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37284/eajenr.8.1.2578

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الملخص

This study analyzed the various solid waste management strategies used by residents of Sokoni I ward, using households as the unit of analysis. This study involved a total of 90 residents from Sokoni I as targeted respondents, with a ward executive officer, ward health officer, and Mtaa executive officers as key informants. A mixed approach was applied in the process of data collection, and then the data were descriptively analyzed. The findings revealed burying (10.4%), sweeping (55.9%), re-sale (4.7%), burning (0.9%), random dumping (20.8%), and re-use (11.3%) as the employed strategies by the residents of the study area in managing solid waste at their households. When these strategies are properly applied, they provide numerous contributions to the handling and treatment of solid waste with a positive impact on the environment and public health. Based on the nature of the findings, local government officers, specifically those at the grass-roots level, should educate their people on the application of proper strategies in managing solid waste in their households to minimize the use of other strategies that lead to the spread of waste, including solid waste

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