Municipal Solid Waste Management Policies, Practices, and Challenges in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review

Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) affects several spheres, including environmental, social, and economic activities. In Ethiopia, massive waste generation and unbalanced management have worsened the issue. Hence, this systematic review investigates the Ethiopian MSWM policy and legal frameworks, practices, and challenges. The Scopus and Web of Science databases and Google Scholar were used to search published and unpublished studies from 2005 to 2021, and a website search was used to find studies from 1995 to 2021. The search was restricted to the English language, and the last search was conducted on 25 June 2021. The study was extracted from the characteristics of the developed study. A risk of bias assessment was conducted for the included studies using the AMSTAR 2. Among the 1135 identified records, 72 studies were found to be eligible. This systematic review identified numerous legal frameworks that enhance the implementation of MSWM in Ethiopia, which is mainly focused on waste collection, transportation, and disposal. Lack of policy enforcement, weak capacity, public awareness, and minimal cooperation among stakeholders were the main challenges. MSWM problems in Ethiopia have seen an increase in recent decades and are affecting daily life. Therefore, these findings may help to improve MSWM in Ethiopia.

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Public Awareness of and Participation in Municipal Solid Waste Management in Urban Areas of the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_306-1 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Tien Dung Khong ◽

Adam Loch ◽

Dan Xuan Thi Huynh

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Public Awareness ◽

River Delta ◽

Mekong River ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Mekong River Delta

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IMPLEMENTATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN INDONESIA

Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews ◽

10.18510/hssr.2020.8294 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 854-861

Author(s):

Lia Muliawaty

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Qualitative Method ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Processing Waste ◽

Modern Cities ◽

Group Interviewing

Purpose of the study: The aim of this study is to implement the Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) to help the Regional Cleaning Company (in this case in Bandung City, Indonesia) in managing waste and maintain the cleanliness of urban cities in Indonesia like Bandung City. Methodology: Methodology used in this study is a qualitative method and Focus Group Interviewing to collect the data for the qualitative method. Main Findings: This study finds that from three types of waste management such as centralization, decentralization, and decentralization-centralization, the most appropriate waste management in Bandung is decentralization-centralization because most people in Bandung do not have a place for processing waste. Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) implemented in Bandung still has not optimal yet because the infrastructure and human resources are limited. Another factor is that public awareness of waste is still low among the society. Applications of this study: This study is the application of environmental studies on which results can form the basis of public policy. Novelty/Originality of this study: Bandung as one of the big and modern cities in Indonesia can become a benchmark, if even big cities are not optimal in managing sprouts, what about smaller cities in Indonesia. Therefore, the Indonesian government needs to be aware and optimize MSWM to improve the lives of its people in terms of cleanliness, beauty, and health.

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