EFFECTIVENESS OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MACHAKOS TOWN, KENYA
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Generation of solid waste in Africa has highly been contributed by high population growth and rapid urbanization of 4.5 per annum. The purpose of this study was to investigate effectiveness of newly installed waste collection bins in managing solid waste in Machakos town. Mixed method design was applied to incorporate both qualitative and quantitative methods to collect and analyze data. Open and closed ended questionnaires were used in data collection. 181 households were selected to form the study sample size and systematic random sampling method done in the estates through counting with skips after identifying the first household. Purposive sampling was done on the key informants. Key findings reported confirmed that perception had influence on households’ usage of bins, as it was established that low awareness and knowledge influenced perception of bins and that low community participation in SWM triggered negative perception of bins. In addition, overflowing, accumulated and stinking uncollected waste bins created negative perception. It was also observed that households did not take waste to newly installed bins daily besides residents not dropping garbage to the bins twice in a week. Too, households did not dispose waste to the bins on alternate days but households took garbage to bins once a week. The study recommended that adequate and elaborate public sensitization campaigns on health risks of carelessly and illegally disposal of waste aimed at changing attitudes towards bins as well as enhancing community participation in SWM to influence positive perception of the use of bins. To increase the frequency households, dispose waste in the newly installed bins, an elaborate daily, weekly need should be designed and adequate bins proportionate to waste generated in the estates be positioned close to households sloping from homesteads for convenience dropping of waste.
Key Words: Solid Waste, Waste Generation, Solid Waste Management, Households’ Perception, Machakos
CITATION: Kanuku, S. K.,Nzyengy’a, D. M., Vundi, N., & Nzeve, J. K. (2020). Effectiveness of solid waste management in Machakos Town, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(3), 1039 – 1050.
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