Abstract
Many cities and towns of the developing countries face serious municipal solid waste pollution resulting from the indiscriminate waste disposal. The situation is even more critical and pervasive in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). This study highlights the current pollution situation in Juba, with specific focus on waste management system. Brief investigation of some causative factors is also discussed. The study was purely quantitatively descriptive, including various data collection techniques (interviews, field observation and systematic literature reviews). The study revealed that average household municipal solid waste generated was 2.88 kg/day and the/capita/day was 0.38 kg. Thus, the entire city, with a population of about 231,776, generates approximately 667.5 tons/day. Plastic dominates the composition making up 72.75%, wood 19.98%, worn out textile 2.36%, metal 1.84% and organic (mostly food waste) 3.13%. Illegal dumping was also observed as well as open air burning. The wastes were disposed of in river bank/streambeds, especially at night and burnt on the road sides, open spaces and near the houses. All these malpractices pose a serious health and environmental hazard to the water bodies. The same water being used for household purposes by the majority of the city's residents. The study also noticed that 69% of the wastes were disposed of randomly by the householders themselves, 22% by Juba city respective waste management units and 9% by private companies. The conclusion of this assessment showed that the municipal solid waste pollution poses high risk to human health and the environment.
Highlights
Management of solid waste is currently one of the major global concerns
This study aims at assessing the municipal solid waste problem in the city of Juba
Data collection procedure: In this study, the three districts (Payams) of Juba County were targeted basically because since 2011 after the independence of the Republic of South Sudan, the entire responsibility of the municipal solid waste management was handed to the Juba city council authority by the government
Summary
Management of solid waste is currently one of the major global concerns. solid waste has become a major consequence of development and modernization, yet some of the greatest challenges to its management are felt mostly in the developing countries (ThomasHope, 1998). Industrialization, rapid population growth, urbanization and the changing consumption patterns have resulted in the generation of increasing amounts of solid waste and diversification of the types (Visvanathan and Glawe, 2006; Zurbrügg, 2002a). Municipal solid waste management continues to be a major challenge for local governments in both urban and rural areas across the world (Wang et al, 2011). This situation is more alarming especially in the cities of developing countries. In many cities of the developing countries and especially the most underdeveloped, there is insufficient collection of the municipal solid wastes being generated (Firdaus and Ahmad, 2010; Senkoro, 2003).
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