Abstract:
Developing countries face serious environmental challenges concerning solid waste
management due to rapid urban development. Indiscriminate disposal of solid waste in
dumpsites located within urban areas has proved to be a problem to nearby residents in most
developing cities of the world, Open dumps have environmental safeguards; they can pose
major public health threats and environmental effects in urban cities The Research aimed to
determine the environmental and health impacts of solid waste disposal at Zalingy Town.
After determined of sample size then (130 persons) were selected randomly by using a
questionnaire tool which designed according to objectives of this study, then obtained data
were analyzed by using SPSS & Excel programmes, the main results of this study are: 93% of
study population do not know dangerous of solids wastes and its impact on their health, The
study showed that 56% of study population dispose from their solid wastes by open burning
and 30% of them dispose by throw it directly in near environment and weakness of law and
legislations that judge solid waste . then the study recommended by the following : establish
effective solid waste management programme and support it with regulations and laws,
increase environmental education about solid waste in study area, modern method should be
used for solid wastes disposal such as landfill.
