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| dc.contributor.author | Fisha, wondwosen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-25T08:59:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-12-25T08:59:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-09 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/14767 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Solid waste management in Ethiopia is affecting the daily lives of people, particularly in urban areas. This study was conducted to determine solid waste generation rate and to assess its management practice at the household level in Filakit Geregera town, Ethiopia. The study applied both quantitative and qualitative approach to achieve the objective. In the research both primary and secondary data sources were used. The data was collected from 99 respondents which were chosen. Through random sampling techniques. To select target groups for focus group discussion (FDG) and key informant interview (KII) purposively sampling techniques were used. In this study solid waste was collected from household based on season variation in three months namely July, April, and February corresponding to summer, winter, autumn, respectively. The solid waste generation rate of household was collected the seven consecutive days. The survey’s findings showed that the average weekly household solid waste generation rate was 4.48kg. Household solid waste management method practiced were 19.19% of reuse, 21.21% of composting, 24.24% of dumping, and 35.35% of burning. The challenges of household solid waste management practices were inadequate door to door collector services (21.21%), scantiness of sorting (17.17%), lack of awareness (22.22%) lack of disposal site (40.40%) in the study area. Finally, municipal administration should encourage households by self-reuse, recycling, and composting based on the rate of solid waste generation and the physical makeup of solid waste. Key words: Household, Generation, Management, Solid Waste, Filakit-Gergera Town. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | CIVIL AND WATER RESOURCE ENGINEERING | en_US |
| dc.title | DETERMINATION OF SOLID WASTE GENERATION RATE ANDASSESSEMENT OF ITS MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL IN FILAKIT-GERGERA TOWN, ETHIOPIA | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
