Abstract
As in many towns of African countries, the waste management, in particularly solid constitutes a major problem for the municipal authorities of Maradi. The aim of this study is to make a diagnosis of the present system of waste management in the town of Maradi. To achieve this goal, interviews with municipal authorities, cleaning up and health technicians have been made, as well as investigations among households. According to the health technicians of the town, the causes due to the problem of waste management in Maradi town are: collecting capatown insufficient, lack of effective sensitization of people, undeveloped and uncontrolled rubbish dumps, lack of gutter and its maintenance, and insufficient and unqualified human resources. As to the authorities, they denounce always the attitude and the behavior of citizens on the waste issue. The waste evacuation is done by municipal collecting or by depositing in wild rubbish dump. Some people eliminate their waste by burning or duping in the streets or in their houses. According to our investigations, 52% of population evacuates their waste daily. The satisfaction rate of municipal collecting is for 32%. The analysis showed that the present system of waste management in Maradi town was failing. As to solutions, we proposed to equip the technical offices with appropriated material and financial means, reinforce the involved actor’s capacities and make in application the operatives regulations for the waste management.
Highlights
Waste management has an international history, social and cultural representations
Central authorities as much as municipal of Maradi town often complain about the behavior of people in the town, which is detrimental to the safety of neighborhoods in particular and that of the town in general
Still, we find that people recognize their responsibility in waste management and in finding solutions to the problems that exist there
Summary
Waste management has an international history, social and cultural representations. between 1770 and 1860, the value of excreta, urban excreta, thanks to its agricultural and industrial importance in-How to cite this paper: Saidou, H. and Aminou, S. (2015) Solid Waste Management in the Town of Maradi in Niger Republic. Waste management has an international history, social and cultural representations. Between 1770 and 1860, the value of excreta, urban excreta, thanks to its agricultural and industrial importance in-. How to cite this paper: Saidou, H. and Aminou, S. (2015) Solid Waste Management in the Town of Maradi in Niger Republic. The birth of waste in the form of abandoned junk and materials from 1870 to 1960 will be presented. Since 1960s and 1970s, the environmental crisis has translated into a waste crisis for which only imperfect solutions have been found [1]
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