Factors Influencing Solid Waste Management in Nansana Municipal Division Council- Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District-Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorEvan, Nuwamanya
dc.contributor.authorTopher, Byamukama
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-09T07:37:06Z
dc.date.available2020-07-09T07:37:06Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractBackground: Poor solid waste management is still a great challenge being faced by urban authorities in Uganda includingNansana Municipality where in particular there is still a challenge of indiscriminate and open dumping of solid waste along the streets that has led to other related health challenges currently affecting the Municipality. Purpose: Assessing factors influencing solid waste management in Nansana Municipal division in order to provide stakeholders with information that would be used to design appropriate interventions towards proper solid waste management. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. Stratified cluster sampling procedure was used to obtain the households of respondents while the Purposive sampling was used to obtain the key informants. Results Majority of the respondents, 55.6 % (151/272) had moderate knowledge about solid waste, 29.6% (80/272) of the respondents had high knowledge on solid waste management. While 14.8% (40/272) had low knowledge on proper solid waste management. 73.5% (200/272) of the waste is generated in form of food remains while solid waste in form of plastics and raw vegetables compose 52.2% (142/272). 84.2% (229/272) store waste before disposing it off but only 40.2% (92/229) of them store it in refuse bins. Majority 82.2% (222/272) of the respondents were disposing off waste at the road side. Majority of the respondents, 91.5% (249/272) of the respondents were not engaged in segregating solid waste.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKabale Universityen_US
dc.identifier.issn2520-3134
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/434
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTexila International Journal of Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectsolid waste, segregation, refuse bins, households.en_US
dc.titleFactors Influencing Solid Waste Management in Nansana Municipal Division Council- Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District-Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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