Study of The Reality of Solid Waste Management in Zintan City

Abstract

The study focuses on the most critical contemporary environmental problem, namely solid waste management, which most cities and countries in the world suffer from. Rapid population and economic growth rates witnessed by the city of Zintan in the last decade, which led to an increase in waste production rates and thus increased pollution rates, as the city’s population reached about 70 thousand people, and the per capita waste product was approximately 0.5 kg/day, with total amount of production 21,718 tons annually. The waste is currently treated randomly by throwing waste into the final landfill, and the process of landfilling and burying the waste rarely takes place. The solid waste management system suffers from a set of problems related to collection and transportation, as there is no keeping up and development between population growth and urban expansion in the city and the level of waste collection and disposal services. In addition to the problems of not having a database for the waste management process, the obvious shortage in the number of workers, waste collection machinery and equipment, and the lack of a plan or strategy for waste management in the city, so there was a need to have a comprehensive waste management database in Zintan, to reach an integrated management system for waste of all kinds, including the development of current methods, ways and technologies for collecting and transporting waste, finding waste treatment facilities, and developing mechanisms for its final disposal, and developing proper engineering and environmental solutions to address issues related to waste of all kinds, household and medical, demolition and construction waste, slaughterhouse waste, butchers' waste ... etc. With the development of municipal management of solid waste according to the most effective international environmental sustainability standards, and the development of standards that suit the city of Zintan, this study was prepared according to several tasks as followed: Collecting and analyzing information, data and holding workshops with the relevant authorities, represented by the Cleaning Services Center and the Environmental Sanitation Affairs Department in the municipality. Assess the current situation and identify issues related to the waste. Conducting detailed studies on the proportions, types, and classification of waste components. Conducting measurements about the individual product of solid waste, where the process of measuring the individual product of solid waste was carried out by selecting a group of random houses in different areas within the city. Identify strengths, weaknesses and develop appropriate solutions. Finally, develop appropriate recommendations that reflect the future vision and strategic goals for waste management with appropriate and sustainable standards.