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Attitudes and behaviour of low-income households towards the management of domestic solid waste in Tafelsig, Mitchell's Plain.Nshimirimana, Jules January 2004 (has links)
Solid waste management in South Africa has been focussing on the technical issues of waste disposal with little attention paid to the social and economic aspects of households. It is important to find out the impact of the attitude and perception of households on solid waste management, especially in low-income areas to be able to deal with the deplorabe domestic solid waste management in such areas. The quantity of solid waste generated in low-income areas is often assumed to be less than the solid waste generated in high-income neighbourhoods. In most of the townships of low-income households in Cape Town, the residents live next to mountains of solid waste which is not the case in middle and high income areas. This clearly has a negative effect on the environment and human health. Tafelsig is one of the low-income Cape Flats townships where the open spaces and green areas are dumping areas. The small yard that people own is often unclean. The aim of the study was to examine how households residing in the low-income neighbourhood (Tafelsig, Mitchell's Plain) view domestic solid waste and its management. The study explored the perceptions, attitudes and behaviour of these households towards the production and management of sold waste. Issues relating to the degradation of their environment and to solid waste mismanagement were also examined.
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A household solid waste recycling programme in Stellenbosch : householders' attitudes and willingness to participateMakau, Mafalla E. (Mafalla Elizabeth) 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2006. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Municipal waste presents problems of pollution, health hazards and resource conservation.
Household waste forms part of municipal solid waste that is a challenge to control due to its
heterogeneity and diversity. The ever-filling landfills for the disposal of solid waste due to rapid
population increase and urbanization call for urgent waste management strategies to reduce, reuse
and recycle solid waste. In this study householders' attitudes, participation in recycling and
willingness to participate in household solid waste recycling are investigated to design and
implement a household solid waste recycling programme in Stellenbosch. Questionnaire survey
data about the awareness of, attitudes towards, and participation in household waste recycling were
analyzed using descriptive statistical methods in the STATISTICA V6 program. Results were
displayed in frequency tables, bar charts, maps and pie charts. The same statistical program was
used to fmd the relationship between the householders' willingness to participate in the household
solid waste recycling programme, namely the Blue Bag Household Waste Recovery Programme
(BBHWRP), and their socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics. The respondents'
willingness to sort household waste is compared to their willingness to participate in the BBHWRP
in Stellenbosch. The willingness of householders in different residential areas is also compared.
The relationships were analyzed by performing cross-tabulations and the chi-square test.
The householder's attitudes towards household solid waste recycling were found to be positive,
showing pro-recycling and pro-environmental behaviour among the respondents. Participation in
recycling was found to be relatively moderate where separation of waste, self-delivery of recyclables
to recycling buy-back centres and depots were commonly practised. Composting was least reported to
be practised by householders in Stellenbosch. Respondents showed strong willingness to participate in
the BBHWRP, however, most of the explanatory factors used, including place of residence, did not
relate to respondents' willingness to participate in the BBHWRP. Despite this situation, smaller
families and respondents' willingness to sort household waste at home by householders were found to
relate directly to willingness to take part in the BBHWRP. There were, however, poor response rates
in the study. Although reminders were used to improve response rates, only a 30 per cent response
rate could be reached. It is recommended that a household solid waste sorting and recycling scheme in
Stellenbosch should be considered in order to minimize and recycle household waste to extend the
lifespan of the town's landfill site. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Munisipale afval skep probleme vir besoedeling, gesondheidsrisiko's en hulpbronbewaring.
Huishoudelike afval vorm deel van die vaste afval wat moeilik is om te beheer weens die
heterogeniteit en diversiteit daarvan. Die stortingsterreine vir vaste afval word al hoe voller weens
die immer groeiende bevolking en weens verstedeliking, en dringende afvalbestuurstrategie om die
soliede afval te verminder, weer te gebruik en te herwin, word benodig. In hierdie studie word
gekyk na die houdings van die huisgesinne, hulle deelname aan herwinning en hulle gewilligheid
om deel te neem aan vaste afvalherwinning sodat 'n huishoudelike vaste afvalherwinningsprogram
ontwerp kan word en in Stellenbosch implementeer kan word.
Vraelysopnamedata oor die bewustheid van, houdings teenoor en deelname aan huishoudelike
afvalherwinning is ontleed met beskrywende statistiese metodes in die STATISTICA V6-program.
Die resultate word vertoon in frekwensietabelle, balkdiagramme en sektordiagramme. Dieselfde
statistiese program is gebruik om die verwantskap tussen die huisgesinne se gewilligheid om deel
te neem aan die huishoudelike vaste afvalherwinningsprogram, naamlik die Blue Bag Household
Waste Recovery Programme (BBHWRP), en hulle sosio-demografiese en sosio-ekonomiese
kenmerke te vind. Die respondente se gewilligheid om huishoudelike afval te sorteer is vergelyk
met gewilligheid om deel te neem aan die BBHWRP in Stellenbosch. Die gewilligheid van gesinne
in verskillende woongebiede is ook vergelyk. Die verhoudings is ontleed aan die hand van
kruistabulasies en met behulp van die chi-kwadraat toets.
Daar is gevind dat die huisgesinne se houdings teenoor die herwinning van vaste huishoudelike afval
positief is, wat 'n aanduiding gee dat die respondente pro-herwinning en pro-omgewing is. Daar is
gevind dat die deelname aan herwinning relatief gemiddeld is waar sortering van afval en die selfaflewering
van afval by herwinningsterugkoopsentra algemeen beoefen word. Baie min huisgesinne
in Stellenbosch is betrokke by die maak van kompos. Respondente toon gewilligheid om deel te neem
aan die BBHWRP, maar daar is gevind dat die verklarende faktore, insluitende woonplek, nie verwant
is aan hulle gewilligheid om deel te neem aan die BBHWRP nie. Ten spyte van hierdie situasie is
daar gevind dat kleiner gesinne en die respondente se gewilligheid om huishoudelike afval tuis te
sorteer, direk verwant is aan gewilligheid om deel te neem aan die BBHWRP. Daar was egter swak
responskoerse in die studie. Alhoewel herinneringbriewe gebruik is om responskoerse te verbeter, is
'n responskoers van net 30 persent behaal. Daar word aanbeveel dat 'n vaste huishoudelike
afvalsorteringskema in Stellenbosch oorweeg moet word om huishoudelike afval te verminder en te
herwin en om die lewensduur van die stortingsterrein te verleng.
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Assessment of waste management practices in the informal business sector in Olievenhoutbosch township, PretoriaDube, Innocent 02 1900 (has links)
The increase in global population and high urbanisation rates characterised by high
resource consumption and waste generation levels has led to challenges in waste
management around the world. Waste management remains one of the most critical
challenges faced by local governments in developing countries. Informal business
enterprises have come under the spotlight for their high waste production and poor waste
management practices. Many arguments have been put forward as to the real
environmental impacts caused by informal business enterprises due to their waste
practices.
This research aimed at assessing the waste management practices in the informal
business sector in Olievenhoutbosch Township, Pretoria. Data collection was carried out
between March 2016 and September 2016. The research utilised both qualitative and
quantitative methods. The methodology employed techniques that included structured
questionnaires, structured interviews and field observations. Semi- structured face to face
interviews were carried out with key informants. These interviews provided information
on the frequency of waste collection, available waste management awareness and
challenges faced in delivering the service. The research also involved 230 field
observations to study the pattern and frequency of waste collection and waste behaviours
by informal business enterprises. Questionnaires were administered to 120 informal
business enterprises with a response rate of 84.17%. Data from questionnaires and field
observations indicated that waste generated by informal business enterprises (plastic
bags, card board, packaging plastics, glass bottles and plastic bottles) was mainly
recyclable waste. The most preferred disposal methods were use of refuse plastic bags
(31%), open space dumping (20%) and burning (30%).
Analysis of the results showed that there was lack of information on waste management
and that also influenced waste behaviours. Preferences for waste disposal methods were
influenced by many factors including lack of information, shortage of waste disposal
facilities and waste collection frequency by the local town council. The research found
that waste collection in various sections of the township was done once per week which
has led to increased indiscriminate waste dumping and burning of waste. It was
recommended that waste management information be provided to informal business
enterprises especially on waste separation and recycling. The municipality should
increase frequency of waste collection or provide central point waste facilities to business
operators. / Environmental Sciences / M. Sc. (Environmental Science)
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An investigation into factors that affect the efficient management of wastes generated by food outlets in Pretoria, South AfricaWorku, Yohannes Bekele 11 1900 (has links)
The study aimed at investigating the factors that affect the efficient management of wastes produced by food outlets in Pretoria, South Africa. This was with a view of providing empirical data and information with respect to the causative factors responsible for the visible environmental pollution by wastes and materials from food outlets. Data was gathered from a representative sample of 332 food outlets on socio-economic, demographic, environmental, sanitary and health related variables that are related to waste management and efficiency in the disposal of solid and liquid wastes. Data entry and analysis was performed using statistical procedures such as frequency tables, Pearson’s chi-square tests of association and binary logistic regression analysis in the statistical package STATA version 10. Odds ratios estimated from logistic regression analysis were used for identifying key factors that affect efficiency in the proper disposal of waste. Results obtained showed that 18 % of the 332 food outlets in the study were generally inefficient in waste disposal. Based on odds ratios estimated from binary logistic regression analysis, wrong perception (a factor of 10.88), failure to provide trash cans to customers (a factor of 3.15), the operation of food outlets by non-owners or managers (a factor of 2.33), and failure to practice source reduction of waste (a factor of 2.25) are the top 4 influential factors that affect the proper management of waste at the 332 food outlets in the study. / Environmental Sciences / M. Sc. (Environmental Management)
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An environmental impact perspective of the management, treatment, and disposal of hazardous pharmaceutical compounds generated as medical waste at selected hospitals in Cape Town, South AfricaSattar, Mohamed Shaheen January 2011 (has links)
Thesis (MTech (Environmental Health))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011. / Pharmaceuticals have been formulated to influence physiological systems in humans, animals, and
microbes but have never been considered as potential environmental pollutants by healthcare
professionals. The human body is not a barrier to chemicals, but is permeable to it. Thus after
performing their in-vivo functions, pharmaceutical compound introduced into the body, exit
mainly via urine and faeces. Sewage therefore contains highly complex mixtures of chemicals in
various degrees of biological potency. Sewage treatment works including those in South Africa,
on the other hand, are known to be inefficient in removing drugs from sewage and consequently
either the unmetabolised pharmaceutical compounds or their metabolites emerge in the
environment as pollutants via several trajectories. In the environment, the excreted metabolites
may even undergo regeneration to the original parent molecule under bacterial influence, resulting
in "trans-vivo-pharmaceutical-pollution-cycles".
Although all incinerators are known to generate toxins such dioxins and furans from the drugs
they incinerate, all the medicines disposed by the hospitals under research, were incinerated, as
the preferred option of disposal. The incineration process employed was found to be
environmentally unsafe.
Expired and unused medicines which the general public discard as municipal solid waste become
landfilled. Because many landfill sites are not appropriately engineered, the unwanted drugs
landfilled therein, leach into the surrounding ground water, which is the influent source of water
treatment plants. Water treatment plants, including those in South Africa, are also inefficient in
eliminating pharmaceutical compounds, releasing them in sub-therapeutic concentrations into
potable tap water as pollutants, the full effects of which are yet to be determined.
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Community participation in solid waste management in high-density low-income areas: the case of C-Section in Duncan VillageMazinyo, Sonwabo Perez January 2009 (has links)
Solid waste management in high density low-income areas is a problem that manifests itself in ubiquitous illegal dumpsites and unhealthy living environmental conditions. Community participation in solid waste management in Duncan Village, C-Section has been found to be part of the solution to this problem. This study investigates community participation in SWM at household level, community waste project level and at informal salvaging/scavenging level. The integration of community participation into existing Buffalo City Municipality waste management plans and the nature of the relationship between the different interest groups are investigated. This study employs qualitative research methods where interviews and participatory observations are used to investigate key objectives. The nature of the relationships between councillors, C-Section residents and the Buffalo City Municipality Departments are tenuous and fraught with conflicts. These conflicts emerge due to the lack of communication as well as due to the non-integration of the community interest groups‟ views and activities into solid waste management in C-Section. The study suggests that this lack of communication should be addressed and that integrated participation of all stakeholders must be encouraged for effective solid waste management in a high density low-income community.
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Modelling landfill site suitability in Gauteng Province using GISTshimange, Tshilidzi 11 February 2016 (has links)
Department of Ecology and Resource Management / MENVM
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An evaluation of the gaps and barriers in implementing the national waste management policy and its implementation in formal and informal urban areas in Ekurhuleni Municipality, South AfricaTembon, Mbamuku-Nduku Fayez 10 1900 (has links)
Waste management is a global challenge due to high waste generation resulting from high industrialization, urbanization and challenges relating to the efficient implementation of waste management policies acts and standards. Although South Africa has established a number of good waste management policies and related acts and standards, most municipalities still find it challenging to efficiently implement waste management strategies. Ekurhuleni Municipality is facing challenges with the implementation of effective waste management strategies and compliance to the National Environmental Management Waste Act (2008), (NEMWA) (Act No 59 of 2008). An evaluation of the gaps that exist between NEMWA and the local implementation in the formal and informal parts of the Ekurhuleni Municipality was undertaken in this study. Data on the waste management scenario as collected through questionnaires, interviews and observations revealed that differences relating to the poor establishment of an integrated approach to waste management exist between NEMWA and the local implementation of the act. This was realized through the fact that there is limited community education on waste management, no waste recycling facilities in some residences, irregular and insufficient collection of waste and non compliance with tariff payments for most informal residents and some formal residents. Differences also exist in the waste management strategies between the formal and informal areas of the municipality primarily due to the fact that the informal settlements are mostly unplanned and considered illegal. According to this study, informal residents are not billed for waste management services and as such most of them do not pay for waste management services. To that end, waste is not efficiently managed due to municipal financial constraints. Waste management challenges in Ekurhuleni Municipality are also attributed to lack of or insufficient knowledge regarding sustainable waste management practices and its benefits amongst the waste generators and some waste management employees. / Environmental Sciences / M.A. (Environmental Management)
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An evaluation of solid waste management practice at Carnival City, BrakpanPholose, Annah Motshwane 03 1900 (has links)
Waste management is a global concern and landfill sites are facing a crisis of handling capacity. This is worsened by the fact that many consider landfilling as an environmentally responsible and cost-effective solution to waste disposal. Carnival City generates vast quantities of solid waste on a daily basis and most of it ends at the landfill, which it acknowledges that it’s a wastage of recoverable resources, hence its commitment of “zero-waste-to-landfills by 2022”. This study evaluated solid waste management practices at Carnival City Casino in Brakpan. Informed by an interpretive paradigm, qualitative methods including interviews, observations, photographs and document reviews were used to collect data.
Based on abductive reasoning, the waste management hierarchy and the ISO 14001 standard were used as frameworks for recontextualising and presenting the collected data. The waste hierarchy sets out the preferred order of waste management practices, from the most favoured to the least preferred option. The effectiveness of current waste management practices is limited as Carnival City heavily depends on landfilling and implement waste minimisation, reuse, recycling and recovery on a small scale. Absence of a waste separation at source policy limits recycling activities significantly. The researcher noted the presence of some areas of conformity to South African legislation pertaining to waste management, international standards and Carnival City’s standard operating procedures, and some areas of good practice.
The study showed that there is room for improving concerning Carnival City’s current waste management practices. It recommends that waste management training and awareness be undertaken on a continuous basis to improve current practices and ensure that more waste is diverted from landfill sites. Investment into waste to energy technologies should be considered to help Carnival City to meet Sun International’s commitment of “zero-waste-to-landfills by 2022”. Recycling must be maximised and its environmental and financial benefits be highlighted.
The research recommends developing of a separation at source policy and its enforcement by the Environmental Committee as the absence of the documented procedures results in deviations from environmental objectives. Offenders who do not follow procedures should be duly punished. It also recommends that a disciplinary action and a fine be introduced for kitchens that will deviate from the policy. / Environmental Sciences / M. Sc. (Environmental Management)
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Effect of municipal waste management budget on waste management service deliveryManamela, Tumelo Abram January 2022 (has links)
Thesis (M. Com. (Accounting)) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / South Africa has seen an increase in population over the years and that has resulted in the increase in waste which has created problems in waste collection. Waste management service delivery has become one of the essential services provided by local municipalities. It is essential for local municipalities to effectively provide waste management services to the public. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effect of the waste management budget on waste management service delivery. A quantitative research approach is used in the study and secondary data was sourced from local municipalities' websites for 12 years, that is, the reporting period from 2010 - 2021. The study tests the correlation between waste capital expenditure, waste operating expenditure, waste collection revenue, Budget performance and municipal waste management service delivery in selected municipalities in South Africa. Using the Generalised Method of Moment (GMM) the results indicated that there is a significant correlation between municipal waste management service delivery and waste capital expenditure, waste operating expenditure, waste collection revenue and budget performance. The study suggests that local municipalities should increase their municipal waste budget to improve the quality of waste management service delivery.
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