Solid Waste Management in Kyenjojo Town Council Kyenjojo District

Abstract

Solid waste disposal and management is both an urban and rural problem .Every person is a potential generator of waste and thus a contributor to this problem. To generate waste is one thing, the type of waste is another yet also the way the generated waste is managed or disposed of is quite a different issue. The study was carried out in Kyenjojo Town Council, which is located within Kyenjojo District in Western Uganda. The main objective of this study was to generate information on solid waste management in Kyenjojo Town Council. The study used a combination of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to research. It therefore draws on the cross-sectional study design as explained by Bryman 2004 and on the aspects of a phenological research design as discussed by Blanche et al.2006. The findings revealed that the majority proportion of the public in Kyenjojo Town Council exbited concern and the amount of sensitivity about solid waste though sorting of solid waste is less adopted as only (39%) sort the solid wastes. The level of item reuse is similarly low in Kyenjojo Town Council since its only (24%) of the population, which reuse the solid waste and the people, still think that they cannot do anything to reduce the volume of solid waste they generate. There are different types of solid waste generated such as domestic (80%), commercial (17%), and industrial (3%) hence domestic solid wastes most generated. Most of the solid waste collection is done by people themselves (60%), private companies (24%) and the Town Council (16%) hence makes little assistance for collecting solid waste due to limited finances. Most people (77%) do not pay for solid waste collection, as they do not dispose solid wastes properly and few who manage solid wastes well is transported and dumped by the Town Council authority, (23%) pay to the private companies especially the business community in the city centre. Therefore, the Town Council has plans for proper solid waste management such as setting formal disposal facilities, use of legal instruments and awareness raising