Assessment Of Solid Waste Compositon In Ejisu-Juaben Municipality
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2015-11-03
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Globally there is lack of knowledge about waste generation and composition in rural
areas because these types of studies have been conducted mainly in big cities. This
leaves the local sanitation authorities without information to properly plan their
operations. Solid waste composition analysis is fundamental to proper planning of solid
waste management in an area. This study was undertaken to assess the solid waste
composition of wastes generated in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality. The Direct Waste
Sorting Method which involves sorting and weighing directly from households where
solid waste were generated was used. A total of one hundred and five (105) households
with different socio-economic status over a two-month period was selected for the study.
Results indicated that the average solid waste generation rate for Ejisu, Atia and Donaso
were 0.481 kg/person/day, 0.4573 kg/person/day and 0.372 kg/person/day respectively
with a total weight of 1806.351 kg, 342.54 kg and 140.553 kg respectively, expected to
grow by 25% by the year 2022. Solid waste generation rates in the municipality which
were biodegradable and recyclable in nature were dominated by food, yard and garden
waste (67.49 %), plastics (3.57%), metals (2.41%), paper (1.88%), wood (2.48%), glass
(2.11%), textile (1.03%), sand and ash (18.98%) suggesting that an integrated waste
management approach supported by willingness to source-separation of wastes could be
the best option for the municipality. Thus encouraging and formalizing recycling and
composting would greatly reduce the amount of solid waste that has to be disposed hence
reducing the cost that has to be incurred.
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A Thesis submitted to the Department of Agricultural Engineering,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in
partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
Master Of Philosophy in Agro-Environmental Engineering.