8. Community initiatives in solid waste; Increasing sewer longevity by septicity control; Solid waste management in Addis Ababa; Sustaining quality by control of industrial discharges

1996 ◽  
pp. 117-134
Author(s):  
Mansoor Ali ◽  
Darren Saywell ◽  
WEDC ◽  
K. Alibhai ◽  
Arthur Boon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Community Initiatives

scholarly journals The Assessment of Solid Waste Products Management in Ethiopians Municipal Urban Areas

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Nahom Fesseha ◽  
Fan Bin
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
The Usa

Due to the rapid and immense quantities of solid wastes products in our city, municipality and urban areas have been increasing day by day due to developments of new Industries. As a result of increasing number of Industries a huge amount of wastes is produced daily in all developing nations and Ethiopia being among them and has surpassed the USA as the world’s largest solid waste (SWM) generator since 2004. The phenomena and critical issues of SW in Ethiopia has inspired this paper to investigate and analyze the SW in an urban area of Ethiopia by comparing the increasing rates of the SW generation with Solid Waste Management (SWM). It is noted that very little effort is being made in handling Solid waste management (SWM) which is one of the public service areas where effectiveness can be easily be gauged, and should not be regarded as a matter of luxury. Addis Ababa in general faces problems which are associated with poor SWM. This study deals with the assessment of Governance in SWM in Addis Sub city. Therefore governance is used as a framework for the study because currently it dominates development discourse and governance policies are implemented by governments aiming at improving urban services such as SWM. The paper has employed both qualitative and quantitative approach with descriptive types of research. Quantitative data was analyzed using statistical tools whereas qualitative data was analyzed in narrative explanation and discussion. The main findings revealed in the paper are: containers are not properly emptied on time, insufficient of support from SWM office, due to the absence of processing and recovery system by MSEs, lack of awareness and poor public attitude towards solid waste management, weak monitoring and evaluation system.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12468          Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 165-179 

scholarly journals Municipal Solid Waste Management Practices for Achieving Green Architecture Concepts in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Technologies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Eshetu Gelan
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
City Government ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Green Architecture

Solid waste is one of the social and environmental challenges that urban areas are facing. The study assesses the state of solid waste in Addis Ababa during 2016–2020 to provide implications for achieving green architecture concepts through better management of solid waste and its economic contribution. The study uses secondary and primary data. Quantitative and qualitative data are analyzed through descriptive statistics and context analysis, respectively. The result reveals that most solid waste is generated from households, followed by commercial centers, street sweeping, industries/factories, hotels, and hospitals, respectively. From 2016 to 2020, an average of 80.28% of solid waste is collected, whereas 19.72% of the waste is not collected. There are little or no efforts made to segregate solid waste at the source. The generated waste is disposed of in the Reppi open landfill. Together with Ethiopian electric power (EEP) and the City Government of Addis Ababa, waste has been converted to energy since 2019. The study suggests minimizing waste from its source by reducing generation, composting, reusing, recycling, waste-to-energy strategy, and well-designed buildings to achieve the concept of green architecture in Addis Ababa through better solid waste management.

Rethinking of the Solid Waste Management System of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-22
Author(s):  
Dechasa Beka Diriba ◽  
◽  
Xiang Zhou Meng ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
City Government ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Spatial Coverage ◽  
The City

Municipal solid waste management is an important component of urban services that is often handled by local governments. Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia faces rapid urbanization leading to overcrowding and the development of shantytowns and poor neighborhoods. The general aim of this study was to appraise the present dry waste service provision of Addis Ababa. This study used an integrative literature review method with critical analysis to investigate the current solid waste management status in Addis Ababa. The results of this study show that the delivery of the service does not keep pace with the city's solid waste generation and the city's municipal disposal of solid waste is found in actual, low status and spatial coverage. This humble status of city garbage management is also heightened by three critical factors, i.e. poor institutional structure, inadequate disposal site and transfer station, and poor households' solid waste handling practices. Besides, the city households dominantly created decomposable solid wastes (60%) through generation amount of 0.45 kg/person/day and the main source are residential wastes, which account for 76% of the total waste. The sudy concluded that, the main problem with the incompetence of this sector in the city was the lack of trained labor and inadequate service delivery. In order to improve the status, there should be awareness creation, improvement of the city government, and implementation of an incorporated method to the management of metropolitan solid waste that respects and involves all stakeholders in the metropolis.

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