Solid waste characterization and quantification for assessment of its potentialsfor resource recovery: case study of itigi district council, Tambukareli ward

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMarcel, Juma Kakulu
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-08T11:47:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07T15:45:27Z
dc.date.available2019-11-08T11:47:12Z
dc.date.available2020-01-07T15:45:27Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionAvailable in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class mark (THS EAF TP995.A2.T34M27)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to examine the potentials available in the solid waste for resource recovery such as composting by-products using a case study of Itigi District Council, Tambukareli ward. The study started by assessing the current reuse of solid waste and future demand of composting by-products in order to benchmark available solid waste management strategy. To this context, the study determined the average quantities and the composition of food waste from total solid waste generated; it determined the compostibility of the sorted waste through short-term composting experiments and assessed the potentials available in solid waste desired to result into composting by-products. The study collected data by using Questionnaires, Key Informants Interviews, Direct Waste Analysis, Composting experiments and laboratory analysis. Findings revealed that, 1,952 kg of food waste is generated in a day, which constitutes 61.4% of the total solid waste generated in the study area at an average rate of 0.15 kg/cap/day. The study concluded that the potential characteristics of the solid waste and composted materials, in terms of its pH, C: N ratio, EC, moisture content, TK, TN, TC, and TP are within required ranges for resource recovery, and therefore a potential resource to be used as a soil conditioner in agriculture. Furthermore, it was recommended that solid waste reuse education should be provided to both the Local Government leaders and the community so as to enhance investment of projects that use solid waste as raw materials for production.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMarcel, J.K (2018) Solid waste characterization and quantification for assessment of its potentialsfor resource recovery: case study of itigi district council, Tambukareli ward.Master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1667
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectSalvage (waste)en_US
dc.subjectWaste productsen_US
dc.subjectWaste managementen_US
dc.subjectItigi District councilen_US
dc.subjectTambukareli ward Tanzaniaen_US
dc.titleSolid waste characterization and quantification for assessment of its potentialsfor resource recovery: case study of itigi district council, Tambukareli warden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

Files

Collections

Masters Dissertations