The study carried out an assessment to establish challenges of solid waste
management in Makind_ye Division, Wabigalo Parish and to specifically assess
community knowledge on Solid Waste Management, determine the obtaining
attitudes and find out or establish community practices in regard to solid waste
management. A cross-sectional study was undertaken in the Wabigalo parish
where a sample size if a hundred respondents participated in the undertaking.
Data was collected using mainly the quantitative data instruments mostly
structured questionnaires were administered. The study established that the
community of Wabigalo Parish is knowledgeable about good solid waste
management methods. However it was established that regardless of the
awareness, they had a poor attitude towards putting in to practice the knowledge
due to lack or inadequate collection and storage facilities like public skips or
gazetted central collection sites and long distances to the available skips.
Half of the residents acknowledged taking their solid waste to the available public
disposals. Residents perceive Kampala City Council is responsible for [disposing
off the refuse. The community is knowledgeable about good solid waste
management. There is poor attitude towards proper Solid Waste Management
among the residents. Public facilities for Solid Waste Management are
inadequate and the communities feel its Kampala City Council responsibility to
dump the waste in their area.
MATOVU, N (2021). Challenges Of Solid Waste Management A Case Study Of Wabigalo Parish, Makindye Division Kampala District. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/challenges-of-solid-waste-management-a-case-study-of-wabigalo-parish-makindye-division-kampala-district
MATOVU, NAKANWAGI "Challenges Of Solid Waste Management A Case Study Of Wabigalo Parish, Makindye Division Kampala District" Afribary. Afribary, 12 Jun. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/challenges-of-solid-waste-management-a-case-study-of-wabigalo-parish-makindye-division-kampala-district. Accessed 28 May. 2022.
MATOVU, NAKANWAGI . "Challenges Of Solid Waste Management A Case Study Of Wabigalo Parish, Makindye Division Kampala District". Afribary, Afribary, 12 Jun. 2021. Web. 28 May. 2022. < https://afribary.com/works/challenges-of-solid-waste-management-a-case-study-of-wabigalo-parish-makindye-division-kampala-district >.
MATOVU, NAKANWAGI . "Challenges Of Solid Waste Management A Case Study Of Wabigalo Parish, Makindye Division Kampala District" Afribary (2021). Accessed May 28, 2022. https://afribary.com/works/challenges-of-solid-waste-management-a-case-study-of-wabigalo-parish-makindye-division-kampala-district