Municipality solid waste management system for Mukono District, Uganda

Solid waste management (SWM) poses a great concern to researchers and academia globally. The result of inadequate waste disposal scheme threatens human settlement both in the urban and rural dwelling, and the environmental and social impact worsens as world population increases. There is no doubt that every person is an essential contributor to this problem. Regardless, to generate waste is one thing, the type of waste generated is another, and yet also the way it is generated, managed or disposed-off, entirely a different issue. The present study uses a quantitative research approach and collects data from Mukono town which is located within east of the central business district of Kampala. In this community, there are challenges of lean assets to administer their solid wastes, leading to unrestrained dumping, also poor management of wastes, thereby contributing to environmental pollution, and the spread of diseases, land degradation, and unhealthy living. The research evaluates, analyzed and characterizes the composition of the existing SWM practices in Mukono municipality. The results show that up to 50000 m 3 of composting landfill space is required to handle the solid waste disposal of not less than 25023.6 tons generated in Mukono district. The research also recommends ways to alleviate some of the present solid waste management concerns.