A review of factors associated with indiscriminate dumping of waste in eleven African countries
| Autor: | Fannie Machete, K. Shale, I. Dladla |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Engineering
Municipal solid waste Waste management Computer Networks and Communications business.industry 020209 energy Developing country 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Development 01 natural sciences Industrial waste Computer Science Applications Dumping 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering business Environmental planning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Civil and Structural Engineering Waste disposal |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. 8:475-481 |
| ISSN: | 2042-1346 2042-1338 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/20421338.2016.1224613 |
| Popis: | Most developing countries grapple with management of solid waste and environmental health risks associated with insanitary conditions. Indiscriminate dumping of household and industrial waste remains an alternative means of waste disposal for communities that have no access to reliable refuse removal services. This phenomenon affects not only developing countries but developed ones as well, although the literature points out that it is more prevalent in the latter. The aim of this paper is to examine the factors that are associated with the prevalence of indiscriminate dumping of waste in communities in order to establish the cause-effect relationship between these factors and environmental health risks in these communities. This paper reviewed peer-reviewed articles on the field of waste management. An approach that looks at waste management factors individually as well as holistically is needed to curb and/or end this practice. |
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