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Practices, Concerns, and Willingness to Participate in Solid Waste Management in Two Urban Slums in Central Uganda

Poor solid waste management is among the major challenges facing urban slums in developing countries including Uganda. Understanding community concerns and willingness towards involvement in solid waste management improvement initiatives is critical for informing interventions in slums. Methods. We...

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Autores principales: Mukama, Trasias, Ndejjo, Rawlance, Musoke, David, Musinguzi, Geofrey, Halage, Abdullah Ali, Carpenter, David O., Ssempebwa, John C.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27066081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6830163
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author Mukama, Trasias
Ndejjo, Rawlance
Musoke, David
Musinguzi, Geofrey
Halage, Abdullah Ali
Carpenter, David O.
Ssempebwa, John C.
author_facet Mukama, Trasias
Ndejjo, Rawlance
Musoke, David
Musinguzi, Geofrey
Halage, Abdullah Ali
Carpenter, David O.
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description Poor solid waste management is among the major challenges facing urban slums in developing countries including Uganda. Understanding community concerns and willingness towards involvement in solid waste management improvement initiatives is critical for informing interventions in slums. Methods. We used a cross-sectional study to collect quantitative data from 435 residents in two urban slums in central Uganda. A semistructured questionnaire was used which assessed waste collection practices, separation and disposal methods, concerns regarding solid wastes, and willingness to participate in waste separation and composting. Data was analysed using STATA 12. Results. Food remains (38%) and plastics (37%) formed the biggest proportion of wastes generated in households. Most households (35.9%) disposed of general wastes by open dumping while 27% disposed of plastics by burning. Only 8.8% of households conducted composting while 55% carried out separation for some decomposable wastes. Separation was carried out for only banana peelings and leftover foods for feeding animals. Respondents expressed high willingness to separate (76.6%) and compost (54.9%) solid wastes. Conclusion. Practices in waste disposal and separation were poor despite high willingness to participate in initiatives to improve waste management, highlighting a need for authorities to engage residents of slums to improve their practices.
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spelling pubmed-48086732016-04-10 Practices, Concerns, and Willingness to Participate in Solid Waste Management in Two Urban Slums in Central Uganda Mukama, Trasias Ndejjo, Rawlance Musoke, David Musinguzi, Geofrey Halage, Abdullah Ali Carpenter, David O. Ssempebwa, John C. J Environ Public Health Research Article Poor solid waste management is among the major challenges facing urban slums in developing countries including Uganda. Understanding community concerns and willingness towards involvement in solid waste management improvement initiatives is critical for informing interventions in slums. Methods. We used a cross-sectional study to collect quantitative data from 435 residents in two urban slums in central Uganda. A semistructured questionnaire was used which assessed waste collection practices, separation and disposal methods, concerns regarding solid wastes, and willingness to participate in waste separation and composting. Data was analysed using STATA 12. Results. Food remains (38%) and plastics (37%) formed the biggest proportion of wastes generated in households. Most households (35.9%) disposed of general wastes by open dumping while 27% disposed of plastics by burning. Only 8.8% of households conducted composting while 55% carried out separation for some decomposable wastes. Separation was carried out for only banana peelings and leftover foods for feeding animals. Respondents expressed high willingness to separate (76.6%) and compost (54.9%) solid wastes. Conclusion. Practices in waste disposal and separation were poor despite high willingness to participate in initiatives to improve waste management, highlighting a need for authorities to engage residents of slums to improve their practices. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4808673/ /pubmed/27066081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6830163 Text en Copyright © 2016 Trasias Mukama et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ndejjo, Rawlance
Musoke, David
Musinguzi, Geofrey
Halage, Abdullah Ali
Carpenter, David O.
Ssempebwa, John C.
Practices, Concerns, and Willingness to Participate in Solid Waste Management in Two Urban Slums in Central Uganda
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title_short Practices, Concerns, and Willingness to Participate in Solid Waste Management in Two Urban Slums in Central Uganda
title_sort practices, concerns, and willingness to participate in solid waste management in two urban slums in central uganda
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27066081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6830163
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