Abstract
Municipal solid waste management is an important component of urban services that is often handled by local governments. Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia faces rapid urbanization leading to overcrowding and the development of shantytowns and poor neighborhoods. The general aim of this study was to appraise the present dry waste service provision of Addis Ababa. This study used an integrative literature review method with critical analysis to investigate the current solid waste management status in Addis Ababa. The results of this study show that the delivery of the service does not keep pace with the city's solid waste generation and the city's municipal disposal of solid waste is found in actual, low status and spatial coverage. This humble status of city garbage management is also heightened by three critical factors, i.e. poor institutional structure, inadequate disposal site and transfer station, and poor households' solid waste handling practices. Besides, the city households dominantly created decomposable solid wastes (60%) through generation amount of 0.45 kg/person/day and the main source are residential wastes, which account for 76% of the total waste. The sudy concluded that, the main problem with the incompetence of this sector in the city was the lack of trained labor and inadequate service delivery. In order to improve the status, there should be awareness creation, improvement of the city government, and implementation of an incorporated method to the management of metropolitan solid waste that respects and involves all stakeholders in the metropolis.
Highlights
Municipal solid waste management is an important component of urban services that is often handled by local governments
A total of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 sustainable development agenda were adopted by the 193 United Nations (UN) member states in September 2015
The recent Global Waste Management Outlook (GWMO) [7] of the UNEP created the opposite argument of crosscutting essence of Solid Waste Management (SWM) and its effect on one but 12 sustainable waste management outlook
Summary
Municipal solid waste management is an important component of urban services that is often handled by local governments. People usually begin their urban lives under tough conditions in slums or similar informal settlements without basic infrastructure and services They leave their villages for job opportunities and generally “a better life” for themselves and their families in the cities. Their specific needs are addressed by target 11.1: “By 2030, ensure access for all, some suitable, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums”. As a result, resolving this global waste crisis, ensuring access to appropriate, secure, and proper garbage collection facilities for all, and eliminating unregulated discarding and open burning, as described in the United Nations SDGs, will establish the main contribution to sustainable development. Even urban centers will carry a significant burden of health problems due to inadequate waste management [3, 11]
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