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Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries: Tanzania Outlook

Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries: Tanzania Outlook

Proscovia Paschal Kamugisha, Sebastian Faustin Mhanga
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781799801986|ISBN10: 1799801985|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799801993|EISBN13: 9781799802006
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0198-6.ch016
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Kamugisha, Proscovia Paschal, and Sebastian Faustin Mhanga. "Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries: Tanzania Outlook." Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries, edited by Agamuthu Pariatamby, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 382-408. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0198-6.ch016

APA

Kamugisha, P. P. & Mhanga, S. F. (2020). Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries: Tanzania Outlook. In A. Pariatamby, F. Shahul Hamid, & M. Bhatti (Eds.), Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries (pp. 382-408). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0198-6.ch016

Chicago

Kamugisha, Proscovia Paschal, and Sebastian Faustin Mhanga. "Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries: Tanzania Outlook." In Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries, edited by Agamuthu Pariatamby, Fauziah Shahul Hamid, and Mehran Sanam Bhatti, 382-408. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0198-6.ch016

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Abstract

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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