Abstract: The amount of solid waste generated in Mbeya city is estimated to be 167 tons per day, and the one’s which is collected is 74 tons, which means 93 tons of waste generated is not collected. The waste generated is directly proportional to the population, it is estimated one person per day in Mbeya city generates 0.5 kg of solid waste. Population of Mbeya city is 385, 279 based on 2012 National Census. As it is well known, as days goes on most of people in most countries of sub Saharan Africa are going to the cities. As a result, it is envisaged that, the quantity of waste in Mbeya city will also increase in the future. So there is the need of awareness on health effects of solid waste in order to increase the quantity of waste collected by local authorities or private organizations in comparison to the waste generated.
The study intended to know the awareness of households on the health effects of solid waste generated. The study has revealed that, nearly 39% of the respondents are not aware of the health effects. Further, it was seen that, the ones who are responsible for handling of waste in many households is women’s. Radio’s and TV have played a great role in disseminating health effects of solid waste to many of the respondents who are aware on the health effects of solid waste.
The study shows that, there is the need of health effects education on solid waste, 62% of the households are in need of this education. The awareness will raise the quantity of solid waste collected by the authorities responsible.
Keywords: solid waste, awareness, health effects, households.
Title: Assessment of awareness on health effects of solid waste generated by households: A case study of Mbeya City, Tanzania
Author: Francis Daudi Sinkamba
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1226 (online), ISSN 2348-1218 (print)
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