ASSESSMENT OF THE HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN ASENDABO TOWN, JIMMA ZONE, OROMIA REGION, ETHIOPIA

Abstract The general objective of the study aimed on assessing the existing HHSWM activity of Asendabo town. The research paper also examines the resident’s attitude and knowledge on proper solid waste disposal and recycling activity. To accomplish the objectives, both primary and secondary data source has been used. The primary data were gathered through questionnaires, interviews, discussion, and field observations. Whereas secondary data were obtained from household office documents and different published and unpublished materials. The data was analyzed by using both qualitative and quantitative techniques and the result were displayed in tables, charts, and statements. The majority of the solid waste is generated in the town is biodegradable solid wastes. The solid waste generated from the household to take the highest share which account52.8%. The daily total solid waste generation of households and from other sources is about30.3m3.The total annual waste generation of the town from a different sources is currently about11059.5m3.But,only 7.1m3 or27.4% of waste is collected and disposed of from the town. This indicates the level of HHSWM found in disposing off solid waste. The poor performance of HHSWM resulted from three critical factors. The first one is its poor institutional structure and capacity of the towns SBPD. The second factor is limited participation and contribution of stakeholders and community participation in addition to poor private sector involvement. Third, the poor household’s solid waste management practices in storing, separation and resource recovery activities. Therefore, to curb the existing problems, the household should have to take some measures such as, implementing sustainable solid waste management systems likes to reuse and recycle waste material, maximizing people awareness through training, and improving the SBPDD institutional structure and capacity of household SBPD. Lastly, implementation of integrated work with a various stakeholders can assist a lot in curbing the current problem.