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Solid Waste Segregation As A Strategy For Improved Waste Management
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1.8 Definition of key terms Wastes
This
study uses the definition by UNEP (2002) which defines wastes as
substances or objects, which are disposed or are intended to be disposed
or are required to be disposed by the provisions of national law. This
definition is also in congruence with what Mugambwa and Kizito (2009);
and Mukisa (2009) use that wastes refer to items, materials or
substances which individuals consider useless at a given time and place.
Usually, the definition of waste depends on types or categories and
characteristics of waste under consideration. Some of the dominant types
of waste include: municipal waste, solid waste, hazardous waste and
electronic waste.
Solid waste
For the purpose of this study,
solid waste are referred to as garbage; they are organic and inorganic
waste materials that are normally solid produced by households,
commercial, institutional and industrial activities that have lost value
in sight of the initial users.
Municipal solid waste
The study
will use the definition by Schubeler (1996); Cointreau-Levine and Coad
(2000) in which municipal solid waste refers to refuse from households,
non-hazardous solid waste from industrial, commercial and institutional
establishments, market waste, yard waste and street sweepings but
excluding excreta, except when it is mixed with solid waste. It is
however necessary to note that in developing countries, it becomes
difficult or even impractical to put a line between excreta and solid
waste. In many instances, solid waste mixes with excreta to the extent
of being potentially hazardous to human health (Schubeler 1996).
Solid waste management
This
study defines solid waste management as practices used for collection,
transportation, processing, recycling or disposal of garbage (Mugambwa
and Kizito, 2009). It ought to be appreciated that waste management
practices differ for developed and developing countries, for urban and
rural areas, and for residential and industrial producers. The volumes
and types of solid waste in the different sources of waste justify the
difference in the waste management practices. It therefore implies that
the methods appropriate in one setting may be different from another
setting. Felix (2010) points out some key elements of Solid Waste
Management as waste generation, waste storage, collection and
transportation.
1.9 Organization of the study
The study is
divided into five chapters. Chapter one deals with the study’s
introduction and gives a background to the study. Chapter two reviews
related and relevant literature. The chapter three gives the research
methodology while the chapter four gives the study’s analysis and
interpretation of data. The study concludes with chapter five which
deals on the summary, conclusion and recommendation.
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