Municipal Solid Waste Source Identification, Characterization and Physical Composition Analysis, case Study Wolkite Town, Ethiopia

Abstract

Solid waste, which is a consequence of day-to-day activity of human kind, needs to be managed properly. This study deals with municipal solid source identification characterization and physical composition analysis the case of wolkite town,inorder to conduct this study both primary and secondary data were collected and analyzed, the Findings of this study  revealed that  household, hotel , and restorante Kera, school (wolkite university) are identified as major source of solid waste. Regarding the composition /characteristic municipal solid wastes can be segmented into two major components called biodegradable and non-biodegradable and the major component of solid waste are food, festal & plastic, textile, ash & fine sand, manure, piece of wood & sugarcane byproduct, chat, leave & grass., the finding of this study recommend community awareness creation about solid waste management, apply different  waste minimization mechanism  and establish small scale enterprise those will collect solid waste in the town.

Keywords: key words, solid waste, physical composition, characterization

DOI: 10.7176/JEES/15-1-02

Publication date: January 30th 2025