Assessing the Factors Influencing Effective Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Barishal Metropolitan Areas ()
Affiliation(s)
1Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Barishal, Barishal, Bangladesh.
2Independent Researcher, Barishal, Bangladesh.
3Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Barishal, Barishal, Bangladesh.
ABSTRACT
Unorganized municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal system leads to stress on ecosystems and disturbs various nature cycles and human health.
Solid waste management all over world is looked as a major
challenge to civil bodies, especially in developing countries like Bangladesh. The proper management system of municipal solid waste depends on various
factors like social, cultural, financial, political, environmental, physical
and institutional and so on. The purpose of this study is to explore the
leading factors that affect the solid waste management in Barishal city. For
achieving this purpose, this research first has identified the socio-economic,
cultural, physical and technical, institutional and environmental factors and
then analyzed the factors which affect the solid waste management system in the
study area. To achieve the purpose of the study, quantitative method has been used in this research. As a sample of this study, 150
household heads from total household members of the city have been selected randomly by
using lottery method. A structured questionnaire has been constructed for
collecting quantitative data. The quantitative data have been
analyzed in this study by using SPSS Program, and Microsoft Excel. The findings of the study show that all city people know
solid waste and solid waste management stakeholders present in the city and
waste pickers collect all types of waste in the city and socio-economic,
cultural, physical and technical, institutional factors affect the effective
solid waste management in the study area where environmental factors have no
influence on effective solid waste management in the study area. The study
people have a bad impression of the current existing management system of the solid waste and they
express their expectations where they mention that if municipal authorities improve the condition
of the infrastructure, roads and vehicles; allow more budgets to manage waste;
take proper strategies and planning to manage waste smartly like imposing
fines, set up rules, then the municipal authorities will be able to manage solid waste
properly. Finally, this research has proposed some recommendations that might be helpful
for the policy-makers in the study area for making policies and further research regarding solid waste management.
Share and Cite:
Abir, T. , Datta, M. and Saha, S. (2023) Assessing the Factors Influencing Effective Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Barishal Metropolitan Areas.
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
11, 49-66. doi:
10.4236/gep.2023.111004.
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