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Title: | Analysis of Institutional Solid Waste Management in Gweru, Zimbabwe |
Author: | Jerie, S. |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775) |
Volume: | 22 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | January |
Pages: | 103-125 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | waste management Development and Technology Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports) Urbanization and Migration Environment, Ecology Refuse and refuse disposal Gweru (Zimbabwe) pollution Pollutants |
External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v022/22.1jerie.pdf |
Abstract: | Presently, the city of Gweru (275 km south of Harare, Zimbabwe) faces a number of environmental problems. This paper looks at solid waste management in Gweru's institutions, particularly in the academic and health sectors. Compared to residential and industrial areas, institutions generate relatively small amounts of solid waste. However, hazardous and potentially hazardous waste is generated in institutions such as schools and health care establishments. Though the amounts of hazardous waste are considered minimal, institutional solid waste can have significant negative impacts on human health and the environment. This paper shows that there is a low level of awareness of environmental management in Gweru's institutions. This has resulted in unsound practices of waste collection and disposal on the part of the local authority and the institutions themselves. There are no statistics or databases on institutional waste generation, collection and disposal. There is also a low awareness level with regard to existing legislation on environmental management, and environmental management, in particular solid waste management, is not seen as a priority area in the institutional organizations. Overall, problems associated with management of solid waste in the institutions are related to the lack of a comprehensive policy on waste management in the country. The paper concludes with suggestions for promoting sound practices in solid waste management. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |