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| dc.contributor.author | Gebremichael, Maru | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-26T04:46:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-12-26T04:46:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-12-26 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8308 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An assessment was conducted in Shimbit, Fassilo and Hidar 11 sub-cities of Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia with the aim of understanding the household solid waste disposal rate, procedures and the effect of dumping site on nearby selected land resources of the area. Assessment of the household solid waste management is used for the economical design of the sub structural elements. It is also necessary to obtain sufficient information on type, characteristics and rate of disposal of a solid waste. The study was conducted by administered scheduled questionnaires, recording of household solid waste disposal rate and other laboratory measurements. Descriptive statistics such as one-sample and frequency statistics were used to present the data. One way ANOVA was also used to analyze heavy metals, quantity and character of household solid wastes. Major solid wastes generated by households were Ashes (40%), organic wastes (37.8%) and food residuals (22.2%) and the major solid wastes quantified by households were decomposable household solid wastes (31.1%) which were 0.5 kg/person/day, non-decomposable household solid wastes (77.8%) which were 0.075 kg/person/day and glasses and other related materials of household solid wastes45 (84.4%) which were less than 0.075 kg/person/day and the study area daily and annually solid waste generated were (97148.1 kg) and (35386195.425 kg) respectively. The majority of respondent households’main waste storage material was sack followed by basket. The four basic methods of collection were community bin, curbside collection, block collection and door to door collection. In addition, the mean concentration of organic matter (%), total nitrogen (%) and available phosphorus (ppm) in the dumping site soil samples were 4.25±0.25, 0.22±0.024 and 175.67±30.27 respectively. The mean concentration of Fe (85.40±13.48), Pb (14.80±2.84) and Zn (41.60±8.39) ppm in the dumping site soil samples were slightly lower than in those soil samples taken from farm which were Fe (114.34±16.30), Pb (22.58±3.95) and Zn (61.47±10.17) ppm.The pH values of the damping site (6.34±0.42s were slightly higher than in that of the farm land (5.88±0.01. There was significant difference (p<0.05) in laboratory measurements between organic matter, total nitrogen, available phosphorus and all other trace elements on farm land and on dumping site except copper in the dumping site soil and water samples and Lead in the farm land water samples were not significance(p>0.05). Generally, the study pointed out that the features of the household solid waste disposal rate and management in the study area. Most organic wastes decompose easily as these were not managed properly or were not changed to compost, they can be a cause for diseases and need further in-depth monitoring and characterization works. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Land Resource Management | en_US |
| dc.title | ASSESSMENT OF HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL RATE, PROCEDURES AND EFFECT OF DUMPING SITE ON NEARBY SELECTED LAND RESOURCES OF BAHIR DAR CITY, NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
