Contribution of the Waste Management on Job Creation and Anthropo-Social Circular Economy

Abstract: Globally, waste management is a challenge that affects the world and specifically in Rwandan rural areas, the lack of proper waste management systems has led to environmental degradation, health hazards, and economic losses. This study was conducted in a small city of Byumba which has the perspective of improving its way of waste management in rural area through Gicumbi Agriculture Production Market (GAPM) Ltd. In order to achieve the objectives, the data were collected from the field through the questionnaire that was administrated to a sample of 14 staff of GAPM Ltd and its beneficiaries. The collected data were processed quantitatively and qualitatively and the findings showed that the waste management techniques used by GAPM Ltd are landfill (100%), re-use (100%), recycling (100%), disposal (71.2%), composting (64.3%) and recovery (57.1%). The waste management of GAPM Ltd contributes to anthropo-social circular economy in the following ways: job creation (100%), environmental protection (100%); resource conservation (85.7%); social well-being and health (78.6%); economy generation (71.4%) and community engagement (57.1%). Having achieved all objectives and verified all hypotheses, it was suggested that the government should continue sensitizing people about the role of waste management in their socio-economic sustainability.