Abstract:
Developing countries face serious environmental challenges
concerning solid waste management due to rapid urban development
The increasing population and improved standard of living in cities and
urban areas have led to the generation of varied categories of wastes.
Due to urbanization, population growth, industrialization, and
economic growth, a trend of increase in municipal solid waste (MSW)
generation has been recorded worldwide in major cities. The Research
aimed to assess the solid waste management in Zalingy and to identify
the factors that influencing the solid waste production. After determined of sample size then
(100 person) were selected randomly by using a questionnaire 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: 69% of study population their educational
level is mediam and secondary while just 15% of them university education, 51% of
population have family size in rang[4-6] persons and 28% of them have less than 5 persons also the study revealed that there are decrease in personal income where as 35% of people
their monthly income is just 500 Sudanese pound, research found that 96.6% of study
population not pay fees for solid waste management and 93% of people said that there are no
strength of solid waste management policies, laws and enforcement. Finally according to
results the study recommended that: establish effective solid waste management programme
and support it with regulations and laws, increase environmental education or awareness
about solid waste in study area and local governmental and none governmental sectors should
be support solid waste management porgramme.
