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Status of Solid Waste Management Service in Metu Town, South-Western Ethiopia

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  • Biruk Gobena
  • Yohannis Fetene
  • Gezahegne Seyoum Gebremedhin

    (Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute, Environmental Pollution Management Research Directorate, Ethiopia
    Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute, Socio-economics, Policy, Extension and Gender Research Directorate, Ethiopia)

Abstract

Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) services in most cities and towns are already over-burdened, as cities and municipalities cannot cope with the speeded pace of waste production provided that inadequate financial capacity, insufficient manpower, and facilities. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the status of municipal solid waste management service of Metu town using a questionnaire and observational checklist. A total of 252 households (HHs) and 65 commercial and institutional establishments (CIs) were included in this study. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 20. Accordingly, among 317 study participants, 213(67.1%) females and 104 (32.9%) males with a mean age of 36.45 have participated. Concerning solid waste collection frequency, more than 35% of HHs and 70% of CIs get the service from Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) with irregular interval whereas; about 56% of HHs and 15% of CIs responded that they get the service from MSE in more than 30 days.

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  • Biruk Gobena & Yohannis Fetene & Gezahegne Seyoum Gebremedhin, 2020. "Status of Solid Waste Management Service in Metu Town, South-Western Ethiopia," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 25(3), pages 127-134, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:ijesnr:v:25:y:2020:i:3:p:127-134
    DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2020.25.556166
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    earth and environment journals; environment journals; open access environment journals; peer reviewed environmental journals; open access; juniper publishers; ournal of Environmental Sciences; juniper publishers journals ; juniper publishers reivew;
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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