How To Write An Essay On Solid Waste Management

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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
The management of solid waste has proven to be a discouraging task for many towns and cities in developing countries. This is evidenced by the huge number of uncontrolled dumps, gutters choked with junk to a variety of degrees and the irregular collection of waste among many others.
These has come a problem in financial, technical (this has to with the equipments used) and institutional. This affect the amount of solid waste collected and managed and how well the management practice meet standard methods.
Waste management institutions in the country are faced with financial problems making it difficult for them to pay contractors and procure equipments for the collection and disposal of waste. Raising the required internally generated funds to …show more content…

This is due partly to the fact that most of their employees lack adequate technical knowledge in managing solid waste. Some of the technical issues are the equipments for waste management are mostly imported and do not last longer due to varying weather conditions. The cost of the equipments sometimes compels the authorities to purchase used ones which are usually at the tail end of their lifespan. In certain cases, equipments are not even available to collect the waste. ((Kironde) (1999 cited by Baabereyir, 2010)).
Poor institutional arrangement has also been found to be a difficulty to effective solid waste management in Ghana. According to the UN-habitat (1989 cited by Baabereyir, 2009) it is easy to find many institutions involved in the delivery of solid waste management and other municipal services. These institutions often have no clearly defined roles (Ogawa, 2002 cited byBaabereyir, 2009). This situation hampers effective solid waste management as activities are mostly uncoordinated. The enforcement of legal provisions is also an institutional issue, as there are always complains of inadequate staff and

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