TITLE:
Solid Waste Management in the Town of Maradi in Niger Republic
AUTHORS:
Hassidou Saidou, Soulé Aminou
KEYWORDS:
Solid Waste Management, Maradi, Niger Republic
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.6 No.4,
April
20,
2015
ABSTRACT: As in
many towns of African countries, the waste management, in particularly solid
constitutes a major problem for the municipal authorities of Maradi. The aim of
this study is to make a diagnosis of the present system of waste management in
the town of Maradi. To achieve this goal, interviews with municipal
authorities, cleaning up and health technicians have been made, as well as
investigations among households. According to the health technicians of the
town, the causes due to the problem of waste management in Maradi town are:
collecting capatown insufficient, lack of effective sensitization of people,
undeveloped and uncontrolled rubbish dumps, lack of gutter and its maintenance,
and insufficient and unqualified human resources. As to the authorities, they
denounce always the attitude and the behavior of citizens on the waste issue.
The waste evacuation is done by municipal collecting or by depositing in wild rubbish
dump. Some people eliminate their waste by burning or duping in the streets or
in their houses. According to our investigations, 52% of population evacuates
their waste daily. The satisfaction rate of municipal collecting is for 32%.
The analysis showed that the present system of waste management in Maradi town was
failing. As to solutions, we proposed to equip the technical offices with
appropriated material and financial means, reinforce the involved actor’s
capacities and make in application the operatives regulations for the waste
management.