CURRENT STATE OF URBAN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SOME CITIES IN AFRICA
Solid waste generation varies between countries, cities, and part of cities in Africa. Waste generation rates for the continent’s major cities such as Douala, Yaounde (Cameroun); Bujumbura (Burundi); Ibadan, Lagos (Nigeria); Tunis (Tunisia); Windhoek (Naimbia) and Kampala (Uganda) are estimated to range between 0.3 – 1.4 kg per capita. This gives an average of 0.78 kg per capita when compared to an average of 1.22 kg per capita for developed countries (Achankeng, 2003). A rapid growth in the volume of the waste generated and the variety are an inevitable consequence of the fast pace of urbanization in African cities.
Although most African countries are still essentially rural, a major population redistribution process is occurring as a result of the rapid rate of uncontrolled and unplanned urbanization in the developing towns and cities, which has brought about environmental degradation. One of the resultant effects today is that municipal solid waste management (MSWM) has become a major issue because of the health and environmental problems facing governments of African Cities. Within a 10 year period, 1990-2001, the urban population was increasing at approximately 10 million people per annum. Furthermore, if a 20 year period 1980-2000 is considered, estimates by the World Bank show that the urban population more than doubled from about 127 million in 1980 to 302 million in 2000. In 2001, Africa’s total urban population stood at 307.99 million, which represented about 38% of the continents inhabitants (Afrepen 2004).
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