Social Impact of Solid Waste Temporary Storage Area in Addis Ababa City

Introduce innovative approaches for waste management that are cost effective and efficient. These include door-to-door collection system in Addis Ababa, plastic collection and recycling systems with community and private sector participation. Effective solid waste management was more than just cleaning the streets or collecting waste and dumping of the collected waste, as practiced by most municipalities or the city part. It required efficient combination of various components of solid waste management in an integrated manner. Integrated solid waste management was therefore a process of optimizing the waste management system as a whole with application of a variety of suitable technologies. Waste collection was generally considered to be the most important component of any waste management system because it was the most expensive and visible part of the system. Therefore, properly designed and executed waste collection systems can be resulted in significant savings and reduction in environmental and public health risks. The following issues generally need to be considered in designing a waste collection system: Containerization and on-site storage of waste, Source separation, Collection mechanism (roadside collection, door-todoor collection, communal containers, on-time collection etc.), Cleansing of streets and other public places, Time of collection, Type of vehicles used for collection, Frequency of collection, Route planning, No. of staff used for collection, Special collection for bulk waste generators, Separate collection for special waste such as medical waste and household hazardous waste. These best practices demonstrate that local initiatives with extensive participation of local communities and private sector can go a long way in addressing the problem of solid waste management in urban areas.