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            Waste Management Challenges In and Around Landfill Sites


 


Background


            Waste management is the process of collecting, transporting, processing, recycling or disposing, managing and monitoring different waste materials. It is connected on materials that are produced by different activities and procedures done by human beings. It is being done in order to lessen the effects of waste materials on health of the people, the environment and aesthetic factors. In addition, waste management is being done in order to recover vital resources from it. It involves different substances such as solid, liquid and even radioactive, which are being processed through different methods and processes (United Nations Human Settlements Programme 2010).  


            A landfill or also known as a dump to tip and also called as midden in the past is a place for the disposal of waste materials through burial. It is considered as the oldest way of treating waste. Historically, landfill is considered as the most common way of organizing waste disposal and it remains to be used in different places in the globe (Singh 2009).


Statement of the Problem


            Currently, the world is facing vital problems related to waste management. Due to the increase in population and urbanization and the increase in consumption of different products, materials and those associated packaging, waste generation of the world have increased for the last decades (Ogbonna and Amangabara ). Waste produced had reached the last stop of its journey which is the landfill site or the open dumping sites.


            Due to the increase in the volume of waste generated by increasing population, landfill sites are facing problems related on organizing and managing delivered waste. There are different principles, protocols and procedures that must be considered and followed. Most importantly, waste reaching landfill sites should not enclose any organic matter, however, due to the different reasons, particularly the failure to separate waste, organic waste is considered as one of the major aspect of waste being disposed in different landfill sites. This is vital because of the fact that it plays a vital role in complicated biological reactions at many landfill sites. The organic substances of waste will be broken down by bacteria in different biological procedures, which will result in the emission of gasses, which is bad for health and the environment (Singh 2009).


            In addition, due to massive growth of volume of waste generated by increasing population, many places and countries in the world are facing problems related to lack or inadequate place or space to dump wastes and garbage.


Research Objectives


            The main aim of the study is to evaluate and assess the different challenges and problems faced in and around the landfill sites. In line with this the following are the specific of the study are:


·         To assess the different problems and issues faced by landfill sites;


·         To analyse the different factors which affect the management of landfill sites;


·         To present possible solutions to the different problems faced by landfill sites; and


·         To recommend actions to be done in order to resolve and prevent future problems in landfill sites in terms of waste management. 


Research Methodology


            This study will be descriptive in nature. It can help to show the different factors and truths that are connected with the overall nature of the standing of the problem being studied during the time of the study. Due to these reasons, descriptive method is considered as one of the most used and applied methodology in most social studies. Furthermore, it can be used in order to present logical factors in the study which will help in order to focus on disseminating information and explore based on the normative principles (Creswell 1994). Therefore, the study will pertains on the practices which happen, beliefs and procedures being practiced and the effects or impacts that are being experienced and trends that are under development (Best 1907).


            Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used in this study.


Sampling Population


            Five landfill sites will be chosen to undertake the study. A total of 50 employees will be selected from these five landfill sites to be surveyed.  Employees will be selected via random selection process. The names will be listed in strips of paper then will be drawn, which is also known as lottery method.


Data Gathering Method


            Survey questionnaire and survey interview will be used in order to gather data from the sample population. Survey is considered as the oldest and most used data gathering method in research. This is because of the fact that survey demands lesser time, money and effort to implement compare to other methods. Furthermore, it also enables the researcher to gather huge amount of data for a short period of time.


 


References


Best, J W 1970, Research in Education, 2nd edn, Prentice Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs.


 


Ogbonna, D N, Amangabara, G T and Ekere, T O 2007, “Urban Solid Waste Generation in Port Harcourt Metropolis and Its Implications for Waste Management”, Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, vol. 18, no.1, pp. 71 – 88.


 


Singh, J 2009, Solid Waste Management, I. K. International Pvt Ltd.


 


United Nations Human Settlements Programme 2010, Solid Waste Management in the World’s Cities: Water and Sanitation in the World’s Cities 2010, UN-HABITAT.



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