Analysis of Inter - Household Willingness to Pay for Solid Waste Management in Mwanza City, Tanzania

Abstract

This study used the (Close-ended) contingent valuation approach to examine the relationship between selected socio-economic characteristics of households and their willingness to pay for improved solid waste management. Binary responses were used to obtain survey data from 300 households randomly selected from Mwanza City, Tanzania and the logit regression technique was used to estimate the determinants of selected dependent variables on willingness to pay. Evidence from the logit model indicated that seven variables had significant influence on the households’ willingness-to-pay. With exceptional of age, environmental knowledge and secondary education dummy, post vocational, primary education and income of respondents variables were positive and statistically significant at P < 0.05 but household type and legal regulatory on environment were negative and significant at P > 0.05.  The results from the study have further suggested that individual household are willing to pay for solid waste management.

Key Words: Willingness to Pay; Solid Waste; Solid Waste Management; Contingent Valuation