ASSESSMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN TARKWA MUNICIPALITY GHANA: TIME SERIES APPROACH

Abstract

This study intends to examine the means of waste disposal by households (place of disposal), analyze how the waste collected is finally disposed of, and predict the amount of waste that ends up at the landfill in the next five years using Time-Series and make recommendations for effective management of solid waste in Tarkwa Municipality. The historical data and the characteristic of the historical data show that the amount of waste generated in tonnes increased from year 2006 to 2011. The average waste generated was found to be 85612.8 tonnes. The graph of the projected waste using Time Series Method also showed an increase in the trend. It is observed that as the year progresses, there is increase in the amount of waste generated, the reason for this may not be far from increase in the population and urbanization of Tarkwa Municipality.

Keywords: Waste, Landfill, Time-series method, Household, Disposal, Population, Urbanization,