Characterisation and management of solid household waste in the municipality of Ziniaré, Burkina Faso

Solid household waste management is a major concern for the commune of Ziniar?. It is faced with a significant increase in waste due to its strong demographic growth and proximity to the capital Ouagadougou. The municipality is faced with the abandonment of waste collected by operators in abandoned quarries or waterways, the proliferation of illegal dumps in the town and the absence of a treatment and recovery system. Yet waste management is only sustainable if we have precise knowledge of the types of waste produced. Hence the need to analyze the characteristics of the waste generated in the commune of Ziniar?, the subject of this study. The methodology consisted in collecting quantitative and qualitative data, combined with direct observation in the field; collecting waste in the various sectors of the town and characterizing it according to the 13 main categories listed by ADEME in the MODECOM and taken up in the French standard XP X 30-408. The results of the study show that household solid waste (HSW) management is of little interest to the main players, i.e. the municipality, the pre-collection associations and the households them-selves. The types of waste produced in the town of Ziniar? are mainly fine materials (52%), plastic waste (12%), complexe (9%), paper (6%), miscelleneous inerts (4%) and fermentable waste (3%). This inventory enables us to define a HSW management strategy and create the conditions for improving the living environment of the population.