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| dc.contributor.author | Kalkidan, WaganehYalew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-19T06:41:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-19T06:41:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-02 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12490 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Household solidwasteassessmentonphysicalcompositionandgenerationrateare veryimportanttochooseproperwastemanagementoptions.Thus,theobjectivesof this studyweretocharacterizethecompositionsofhousehold’ssolidwaste,toanalyze its generationrateandtoassesstheattitudeofpeopletowardsitsmanagemet.The researchwasconductedinDangilaTownonrandomsamplesof73residentialhouses whichweredeterminedfromstrataofincomebasedsocialstatusoflow,middleand high. Thestudywasconductedinarepresentativekebeleofthetown,fromthetotal of existingfive.Questionersweredistributedamongtheselectedhouseholdstoassess their attitudetowardssolidwastemanagemetandtheirsocialstatus.Solidwaste generation rateandcompositionweredonebyexperimentalmethodfromcollected and storedsolidwastesforsevendays.Thecollecteddatawasanalyzedbyusing MS-excel program.Thecompositionresultshowedthatabout46.7%byweightofthe solid wasteisdecomposabletypewhichcouldbeusedforcompostpreparationand the recyclablewasteconstitutedabout15.1%.Therefore,atotalof61.8%solidwaste in thetowncancreatejobopportunityforunemployedresidentsinthetown.The domestic solidwastegenerationratewas0.26kg/c/day.Thismadethedailytotalsolid wastegenerationofhouseholdstobe21.49tons.Thestudyrevealedthatabout39.72, 79.45 and64.38%oftheresidentspaychargeforsolidwastemanagement,knowthe importanceofsolidwastesegregationandhaveknowledgeonthelegislationregarding solid wastemanagement,respectively.However,about43.84%oftheresidentsburn wasteasanoptionfordisposing.Theinvestigationofthehouseholds’attitudetowards solid wastemanagementshowedthatabout76.71%ofthemhaveawarenessaboutthe impact ofimpropersolidwastemanagementontheenvironmentandabout68.49%of the respondentshaveanawarenessfortheimpactofimpropersolidwastemanagement on health.Generally,theresearchoutcomeshowedthatmostoftheresidentsdonot haveaknowledgeproblemaboutsolidwastemanagement,butthereislimitationof putting itintopractice. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | CIVIL AND WATER RESOURCE ENGINEERING | en_US |
| dc.title | HOUSEHOLD SOLIDWASTECHARACTERIZATION,QUANTIFICA- TION ANDEXAMINATIONOFMANAGEMENTPRACTICEINDAN- GALA TOWN,ETHIOPIA. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
