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

Abstract

Abstract
Background: 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.
Keywords: solid waste, segregation, refuse bins, households.