Assessment Of The Sustainability Of Kiwengwapongwe Forest Reserve, Zanzibar

ABSTRACT

The management of waste is one of the challenges facing many urban areas especially in

the developing countries. This study identified by laws/regulations related to solid wastes

disposal in the study area in Dodoma Municipality as a case study. A total of 140

respondents were involved in the study, data were descriptively analyzed for frequencies,

percentage and tables, the interviews using questions were the main data collection

methods used. The analysis of the collected data indicates that ,The local Government

(urban authorities) Act of 1982 that gives considerable responsibility to urban authorities

for waste collection and disposal, from this acts there are several by-laws that include

Rules for the Township made under the Township Ordinance of 1920.The study identified

the proposed instruments for implementation of by-laws related to solid waste disposal

includes: informative instruments, in which (30.3)%of waste producer‟s category of

respondents proposed the instrument, The analysis of the collected data reveals that the

solid waste management system is riddled with a number of challenges such as inadequate

enforcement authority, limited communications within local administration and the

various stakeholders, inappropriate technologies and financial constraints, low level of

environmental education among the community, lack of incentives for best practices in

solid waste management, inadequate infrastructure for solid waste management, One of

the options to address the challenges includes: public legal education and information to

the community about solid waste management, if the aforementioned factors are well

implemented no doubts the municipal would be proud of clean environment.