Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries: Tanzania Outlook

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Author(s): Proscovia Paschal Kamugisha (Mzumbe University, Tanzania)and Sebastian Faustin Mhanga (MEDA, Tanzania)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 27
Source title: Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Agamuthu Pariatamby (Sunway University, Malaysia), Fauziah Shahul Hamid (University of Malaya, Malaysia)and Mehran Sanam Bhatti (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0198-6.ch016

Keywords: Environment & Agriculture / Environmental Science and Technologies / Environmental Technologies / Information Science Reference

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Resilient economic urbanisation growth in Tanzania signifies national increasing trend of solid waste generation that necessitates proper management. About 50% of Tanzanians suffer from intestinal schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths resulting from haphazard solid waste disposal. Various efforts to address solid waste management in Tanzania include establishment of public private partnership and major reforms in policy and regulatory frameworks. Despite these efforts, 60% of waste generated is mismanaged and normally disposed in illegal places along roadsides, sewage canals, and reserved open spaces. Cornerstone of proper solid waste management lies on separation of the waste at source. It is recommended that ‘the smart garbage collection bin' be adopted at community collection points and charging higher prices for generators who do not separate the waste.

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