Waste Management In Ethiopia

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Waste is produced by all sectors of the economy. Every person is a potential producer of waste. It is as old as the existence of human beings. In early times, in order to minimize the health impacts of wastes, transporting the waste out of residential places been the primary concern of authorities. After the end of the Second World War, a high rate of population and urbanization has brought an increased demand of urban and waste disposal land. In developed countries, several mechanisms of waste management have been discovered and applied. However, the condition is different in developing countries (Lindell, 2012).
Waste generation is positively related to income, i.e. increase in income rises consumption and hence waste. This implies that …show more content…

The threat of disease from solid waste mismanagement is ever lasting. It reduces workers productivity, keeps children out of school, lowers resistance to shocks and etc. These put poor under severe financial strain and deprive opportunities to improve their standard of living. As a result, improper solid waste management has very high economic, environmental and social costs that have not been seriously considered by economic agents.
Like the others developing countries, solid waste management is a serious confront to Ethiopia. This is mainly due to rapid urbanization and population growth. Many towns in the country lack the financial resources and institutional capacity to provide the needed municipal infrastructure for adequate solid waste management (Dagnew et al, 2012). The solid waste management in Ethiopian cities has not been carried out in a sufficient, suitable and appropriate manner. As a result, the quality of environment in cities has become more serious from time to time, and people are suffering from living in such …show more content…

Some of the most important works are: Roy et al (2013), Anjum (2013), Khattak and Amin (2013), Alhassan and Mohammed (2013), Ojo et al (2015), Ojok et al (2015), Joel et al (2014), Mary and Adelayo (2014), Adebo and Ajewole (2012), Adepoju and Salimonu (n.d.), Adewuyi and Oyekale (2013), and Niringiye and Omortor (2010). In Ethiopia also there are some studies on the determinants of WTP for improved solid waste management; Dagnew et al (2013), Tewodros and Samson (2009) and Workie (2013). From these studies, it is controversial whether which variable has an impact on households’ WTP for improvement of SWM system. As demographic, social, economic and environment factors change solid waste generation and management changes; this in turn affects the households’ WTP for waste

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